Judges 11:27
I therefore have not sinned against you, but you do me wrong by making war against me. The Lord, the Judge, be judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon."
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
28However the king of the children of Ammon did not listen to the words of Jephthah which he sent him.
Cross References
Genesis 18:25Be it far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be like the wicked. May that be far from you. Shouldn't the Judge of all the earth do right?"
1 Samuel 2:10Those who strive with the Lord shall be broken to pieces.He will thunder against them in the sky."The Lord will judge the ends of the earth.He will give strength to his king,and exalt the horn of his anointed."
1 Samuel 24:13As the proverb of the ancients says, 'Out of the wicked comes forth wickedness;' but my hand shall not be on you.
1 Samuel 24:16It came to pass, when David had made an end of speaking these words to Saul, that Saul said, "Is this your voice, my son David?" Saul lifted up his voice, and wept.
Job 23:7There the upright might reason with him,so I should be delivered forever from my judge.
Psalms 7:11God is a righteous judge,yes, a God who has indignation every day.
Matthew Henry on Judges 11:13-29
The War with the Ammonites. ( b. c. 1143.) 12 And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come against me to fight in my land? 13 And the king of the children of Ammon answered unto the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when they came up out of Egypt, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and unto Jordan: now therefore restore those lands again peaceably. 14 And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children… Read the whole commentary →