Judges 11:31 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then it shall be, that whatsoeverd cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the LORD'S, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering. ”

Judges 11:31 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The words of this verse prove conclusively that Jephthah intended his vow to apply to human beings, not animals: for only one of his household could be expected to come forth from the door of his h...
Judges 11:31 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jephthah's Vow, and his Campaign against Ammon. Judges 11:29 b is probably an editorial note, a somewhat unskilful attempt to fasten the new cloth ( Judges 11:12-28 ) into the old garment (Moore...
Judges 11:31 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

whatsoever. This is masculine. But the issuer from his house was feminine. Thus his rash vow was impossible of fulfillment, and was to be repented of. and . or. The Hebrew ( Vav ) is. connect...
Judges 11:31 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 272 JEPHTHAH’S VOW Judges 11:30-31 . And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the Lord, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands, then it shall be, that...
Judges 11:31 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the LORD'S, and I will offer it up for a burnt o...
Judges 11:31 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Shall surely be the Lord's; and I will offer it up for a burnt-offering— Shall be consecrated to the Lord, or I will offer it, &c. Waterland. It is very evident, that this translation by Dr...
Judges 11:31 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the LORD's, and I will offer it up for a bur...
Judges 11:31 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jephthah's Victory over the Ammonites. His Rash Vow 1-11. The Choice of Jephthah.
Judges 11:31 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Whatsoever cometh forth. — The true rendering undoubtedly is, Whosoever cometh forth (LXX., ὁ ἐκπορευόμενος; Vulg., quicunque ). Nothing can be clearer than that the view held of this passage, f...
Judges 11:31 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE TERRIBLE VOW Judges 11:12-40 AT every stage of their history the Hebrews were capable of producing men of passionate religiousness. And this appears as a distinction of the group of nations...
Judges 11:31 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Shadowed victory Judges 11:29-40 All the nations around were accustomed to offer those dearest to them in sacrifice to their cruel national deities. This was pre-eminently the case with the n...
Judges 11:31 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

At last deliverance came through Jephthah, whose history is full of interest. He was the son of a harlot and had been thrust out from his inheritance by the legitimate sons of his father. Evidently t...
Judges 11:31 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Surely the vow of Jephthah proceeded from the want of faith; else why did he doubt, why did he say if the Lord would deliver Ammon into his hands? And Reader! make an observation of it in your own ex...
Judges 11:31 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me ,.... If this phrase, "to meet me", is meant intentionally, then no other than an human creature can be meant; a ch...
Judges 11:31 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the LORD'S, and I will offer it up for a burnt o...
Judges 11:31 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Shall surely be the Lord's, and I will offer it up for a burnt- offering Dr. Waterland translates it, shall be consecrated to the Lord , or, I will offer it , &c. “It is very evident,” says D...
Judges 11:31 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jephthah's Vow. B. C. 1143. 29 Then the Spirit of the L ORD came upon Jephthah, and h...
Judges 11:31 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Judges 11:31 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CHOICE OF A LEADER; AND SLAUGHTER OF THE ENEMY Judges 11:1-33 . CRITICAL NOTES.— Judges 11:1 . The Gileadite .] Many regard this as not a definite patronymic, but indicating that he belonged t...
Judges 11:31 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 11:1 . Jephthah son of a harlot. The Hebrew is the same as in Joshua 2:1 . The rabbins mostly read here, as Joshua 2 ., son of a hostess. Judges 11:3 . Vain men, rogues and rakes. The...
Judges 11:31 - The Biblical Illustrator

Jephthah the Gileadite. Jephthah It is common to regard Jephthah as one of the wildest characters of the Bible--a rough and heedless man; alike rash in vowing and heartless in fulfilling; one w...
Judges 11:31 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Judges 11:29 Then the Spirit of the Lord came upon Jephthah , as upon Othniel, upon Gideon, and upon Samson ( Judges 3:16 ; Judges 6:34 ; Judges 13:25 ; Judges 14:19 ; Judge...
Judges 11:31 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jephthah, after his Victory, Keeps His Vow
Judges 11:31 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Judges 11:31 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Judges 11:31 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 11:31 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Judges 11:31 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Judges 11:31 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Judges 11:31 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Judges 11:31 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Judges 11:31 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 11:31 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Judges 11:31 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Judges 11:31 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Judges 11:31 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Judges 11:31 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Judges 11:31 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Judges 11:31 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Judges 11:31 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 11:31 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judges 11:31 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Judges 11:31 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Judges 11:31 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 11:31 - The Biblical Illustrator

Judges 11:31 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Judges 11:31 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Judges 11:31 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge