Shìshījì 11:9

9 Yēfútā duì Jīliè de zhǎnglǎo shuō , nǐmen jiào wǒ huí qù , yǔ Yàmén rén zhēng zhàn , Yēhéhuá bǎ tā jiāo gĕi wǒ , wǒ kĕyǐ zuò nǐmen de lǐng xiù ma .

Shìshījì 11:9 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 11:9

And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead
Considering the former usage he had met with from them, and the character which he himself bore, and the fickleness of men, when their turn is served, was willing to make a sure bargain with them:

if ye bring me home again to fight against the children of Ammon;
that is, should he consent to go along with them, and fight their battle for them:

and the Lord deliver them before me;
or into his hands, on whom he depended for success, and not on his own courage and valour, and military skill:

shall I be your head?
not only captain general of their forces during the war, but the chief ruler of them when that was ended.

Shìshījì 11:9 In-Context

7 Yēfútā huídá Jīliè de zhǎnglǎo shuō , cóng qián nǐmen bú shì hèn wǒ , gǎn zhú wǒ chū lí fù jiā ma . xiànzaì nǐmen zāoyù jí nán wèihé dào wǒ zhèlǐ lái ne .

8 Jīliè de zhǎnglǎo huídá Yēfútā shuō , xiànzaì wǒmen dào nǐ zhèlǐ lái , shì yào nǐ tóng wǒmen qù , yǔ Yàmén rén zhēng zhàn . nǐ kĕyǐ zuò Jīliè yīqiè jūmín de lǐng xiù .

9 Yēfútā duì Jīliè de zhǎnglǎo shuō , nǐmen jiào wǒ huí qù , yǔ Yàmén rén zhēng zhàn , Yēhéhuá bǎ tā jiāo gĕi wǒ , wǒ kĕyǐ zuò nǐmen de lǐng xiù ma .

10 Jīliè de zhǎnglǎo huídá Yēfútā shuō , yǒu Yēhéhuá zaì nǐ wǒ zhōngjiān zuò jiànzhèng , wǒmen bìdéng zhào nǐde huà xíng .

11 Yúshì Yēfútā tóng Jīliè de zhǎnglǎo huí qù , bǎixìng jiù lì Yēfútā zuò lǐng xiù , zuò yuán shuaì . Yēfútā zaì Mǐsībā jiāng zìjǐ de yīqiè huà chén míng zaì Yēhéhuá miànqián .