| English Standard Version | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1After Abimelech there arose to save Israel Tola the son of Puah, son of Dodo, a man of Issachar, and he lived at Shamir in the hill country of Ephraim. | 1After Abimelech, Tola son of Puah, son of Dodo became judge and began to deliver Israel. He was from Issachar and lived in Shamir in the hill country of Ephraim. |
| 2And he judged Israel twenty-three years. Then he died and was buried at Shamir. | 2Tola judged Israel 23 years and when he died, was buried in Shamir. |
| 3After him arose Jair the Gileadite, who judged Israel twenty-two years. | 3After him came Jair the Gileadite, who judged Israel 22 years. |
| 4And he had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys, and they had thirty cities, called Havvoth-jair to this day, which are in the land of Gilead. | 4He had 30 sons who rode on 30 donkeys. They had 30 towns in Gilead, which are called Jair's Villages to this day. |
| 5And Jair died and was buried in Kamon. | 5When Jair died, he was buried in Kamon. |
| 6The people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the LORD and served the Baals and the Ashtaroth, the gods of Syria, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the Ammonites, and the gods of the Philistines. And they forsook the LORD and did not serve him. | 6Then the Israelites again did what was evil in the sight of the LORD. They worshiped the Baals and the Ashtoreths, the gods of Aram, Sidon, and Moab, and the gods of the Ammonites and the Philistines. They abandoned Yahweh and did not worship Him. |
| 7So the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of the Philistines and into the hand of the Ammonites, | 7So the LORD's anger burned against Israel, and He sold them to the Philistines and the Ammonites. |
| 8and they crushed and oppressed the people of Israel that year. For eighteen years they oppressed all the people of Israel who were beyond the Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead. | 8They shattered and crushed the Israelites that year, and for 18 years they did the same to all the Israelites who were on the other side of the Jordan in the land of the Amorites in Gilead. |
| 9And the Ammonites crossed the Jordan to fight also against Judah and against Benjamin and against the house of Ephraim, so that Israel was severely distressed. | 9The Ammonites also crossed the Jordan to fight against Judah, Benjamin, and the house of Ephraim. Israel was greatly oppressed, |
| 10And the people of Israel cried out to the LORD, saying, “We have sinned against you, because we have forsaken our God and have served the Baals.” | 10so they cried out to the LORD, saying, "We have sinned against You. We have abandoned our God and worshiped the Baals." |
| 11And the LORD said to the people of Israel, “Did I not save you from the Egyptians and from the Amorites, from the Ammonites and from the Philistines? | 11The LORD said to the Israelites, "When the Egyptians, Amorites, Ammonites, Philistines, |
| 12The Sidonians also, and the Amalekites and the Maonites oppressed you, and you cried out to me, and I saved you out of their hand. | 12Sidonians, Amalekites, and Maonites oppressed you, and you cried out to Me, did I not deliver you from their power? |
| 13Yet you have forsaken me and served other gods; therefore I will save you no more. | 13But you have abandoned Me and worshiped other gods. Therefore, I will not deliver you again. |
| 14Go and cry out to the gods whom you have chosen; let them save you in the time of your distress.” | 14Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them deliver you in the time of your oppression." |
| 15And the people of Israel said to the LORD, “We have sinned; do to us whatever seems good to you. Only please deliver us this day.” | 15But the Israelites said, "We have sinned. Deal with us as You see fit; only deliver us today!" |
| 16So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD, and he became impatient over the misery of Israel. | 16So they got rid of the foreign gods among them and worshiped the LORD, and He became weary of Israel's misery. |
| 17Then the Ammonites were called to arms, and they encamped in Gilead. And the people of Israel came together, and they encamped at Mizpah. | 17The Ammonites were called together, and they camped in Gilead. So the Israelites assembled and camped at Mizpah. |
| 18And the people, the leaders of Gilead, said one to another, “Who is the man who will begin to fight against the Ammonites? He shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.” | 18The rulers of Gilead said to one another, "Which man will lead the fight against the Ammonites? He will be the leader of all the inhabitants of Gilead." |
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