Judges 12:3
So, when I saw that thou wast not going to save, then put I my life in my hand, and passed over against the sons of Ammon, and Yahweh delivered them into my hand. Wherefore, then, have ye come up against me this day, to fight against me?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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Judges 11:27I, therefore, have not sinned against thee; but, thou, art doing me a wrong, in fighting against me,—Let Yahweh, the Judge, give judgment today, between the sons of Israel, and the sons of Ammon!
1 Samuel 28:21And the woman came unto Saul, and, when she saw that he was greatly terrified, she said unto him—Lo! thy handmaid hearkened unto thy voice, and I put my life into my hand, and heard thy words which thou didst speak unto me.
Job 13:14In any case, I will take up my flesh in my teeth, and, my life, will I put in my hand:
Romans 16:4Who, indeed, for my life, their own neck laid down,—unto whom—not, I only, give thanks, but also all the assemblies of the nations;
Matthew Henry on Judges 12:2-8
Displeasure of the Ephraimites; Punishment of the Ephraimites. ( b. c. 1143.) 1 And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and went northward, and said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee? we will burn thine house upon thee with fire. 2 And Jephthah said unto them, I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, ye delivered me not out of their hands. 3 And when I saw that ye… Read the whole commentary →