The Meaning of Judges 11:32 Explained

Judges 11:32

KJV: So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight against them; and the LORD delivered them into his hands.

YLT: And Jephthah passeth over unto the Bene-Ammon to fight against them, and Jehovah giveth them into his hand,

Darby: So Jephthah crossed over to the Ammonites to fight against them; and the LORD gave them into his hand.

ASV: So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight against them; and Jehovah delivered them into his hand.

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What is the context of Judges 11:32?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight against them; and the LORD delivered them into his hands.

What does Judges 11:32 Mean?

Context Summary

Judges 11:29-40 - A Shadowed Victory

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 neighboring country of Moab, which the prophet Micah rebuked, Micah 6:6-8. But in all that wild border-country, there was then no prophetic voice to arrest Jephthah, who probably felt that Chemosh should not claim from the king of Ammon more than he would surrender to Jehovah. Out of this arose, not the rash but the deliberate though mistaken vow of Judges 11:31. Before you judge him, ask whether you would be willing for your dearest to become a missionary in a heathen land. Have you ever yielded your all to the Man of Calvary? Do you love Him better than the best? You would not carry out your vow as probably Jephthah did, but are you as absolute in your dedication?

The reply of Jephthah's daughter is one of the noblest on record. Compare it with Luke 1:38. Her heart was full of filial love and patriotic passion, as she stood there, timbrel in hand; but the love of God overmastered all else and made her willing to yield all. See 2 Corinthians 5:14. [source]

Chapter Summary: Judges 11

¹ The covenant between Jephthah and the Gileadites, that he should lead
¹² The treaty of peace between him and the Ammonites is in vain
²⁹ Jephthah's vow
³² His conquest of the Ammonites
³⁴ He performs his vow on his daughter

What do the individual words in Judges 11:32 mean?

So advanced Jephthah toward the sons of Ammon to fight against them and delivered them Yahweh into his hands

וַיַּעֲבֹ֥ר יִפְתָּ֛ח אֶל־ בְּנֵ֥י עַמּ֖וֹן לְהִלָּ֣חֶם בָּ֑ם וַיִתְּנֵ֥ם‪‬‪‬ יְהוָ֖ה בְּיָדֽוֹ

וַיַּעֲבֹ֥ר	So advanced
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: עָבַר Sense: to pass over or by or through, alienate, bring, carry, do away, take, take away, transgress.
יִפְתָּ֛ח	Jephthah
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יִפְתָּח Sense: a son of Gilead and a concubine and the judge who defeated the Ammonites; after the victory because of a vow taken before the battle he sacrificed his daughter as a burnt offering.
אֶל־	toward
Parse: Preposition Root: אֶל Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
בְּנֵ֥י	the sons
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct Root: בֵּן Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
עַמּ֖וֹן	of Ammon
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: עַמֹּון Sense: a people dwelling in Transjordan descended from Lot through Ben-ammi.
לְהִלָּ֣חֶם	to fight
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Nifal, Infinitive construct Root: לָחַם Sense: to fight, do battle, make war.
בָּ֑ם	against them
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine plural
וַיִתְּנֵ֥ם‪‬‪‬	and delivered them
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular, third person masculine plural Root: יָתַן Sense: to give, put, set.
יְהוָ֖ה	Yahweh
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יהוה Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
בְּיָדֽוֹ	into his hands
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular Root: יָד Sense: hand.

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