Judges 11:10

The Lord be witness — The Lord be an hearer: so the Hebrew word is. Whatever we speak it concerns us to remember, that God is an hearer!

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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jephthah's Youth. Jephthah (God opens the womb) is the Othello of Israelitish history, a splendid barbarian, little blessed with the soft phrase...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

be witness . be. hearer.
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, The LORD be witness between us, if we do not so according to thy words.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The Lord be witness. — Rather, be hearing ( Dominus, qui haec audit ipse Mediator ac testis sit, Vulg.).
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

GILEAD AND ITS CHIEF Judges 10:1-18 ; Judges 11:1-11 THE scene of the history shifts now to the east of Jordan, and we learn first of the infl...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

It is said of the adored Redeemer, that Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest, but was called of God, as was Aaron. Hebrews 5:4-5 ....
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah ,.... Assenting to his proposal, and not only giving their word for it, but their oath: the Lord be wi...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, The LORD be witness between us, if we do not so according to thy words. Ver. 10. The Lord be witness....
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Lord be witness The Lord be a hearer; so the Hebrew word is. Whatever we speak, it concerns us to remember that God is a hearer! The people ma...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

JEPHTHAH; AN UNUSUAL LEADER (vv. 1-11) There was one man whose capacities for leadership stood out above others in Israel, Jephthah a Gileadite,...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

4 And it came to pass in process of time, that the children of Ammon made war against Israel. 5 And it was so, that when the children of Am...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

They confirm their promise by a solemn and sacred oath.
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “Yahweh shall be witness between us. Surely according to your word, so will we do.” ' The elders gav...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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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....
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...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Judges 11:1-7 The narrative here goes back probably some years, to explain the antecedents of Jephthah, who was about to play so...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jephthah Chosen as Leader Against Ammon
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, with a solemn oath, The Lord be witness between us if we do not so according to thy words. Not only in...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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¹⁰ And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, The LORD be witnessc between us, if we do not so according to thy words.

Related Commentaries of Judges 11:10

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 11:10