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Geneva Study Bible Commentary

Judges 11:30

And Jephthah (m) vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands,

(m) As the apostle commends Jephthah for his worthy enterprise in delivering the people, (Hebrews 11:32) so by his rash vow and wicked performance of the same, his victory was defaced: and here we see that the sins of the godly do not utterly extinguish their faith.

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See also Judges 11:30 in other biblical comments:

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 11 JEPHTHAH AND THE AMMONITES _ 1. Jephthah's covenant (Judges 11:1)_ 2. The messages to Ammon (Judges 11:12) 3. Jephthah's vow and victory (Judges 11:29) 4. Jephthah keeps his vow ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    JEPHTHAH'S VOW, AND HIS CAMPAIGN AGAINST AMMON. Judges 11:29 b is probably an editorial note, a somewhat unskilful attempt to fasten the new cloth (Judges 11:12) into the old garment (Moore.) Jephthah...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    VOWED. VOW. Figure of speech _Polyptoton_ (App-6). made. solemn vow. See notes on Leviticus 27:1....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _vowed a vow_ The sequel of Judges 11:11. It was a solemn vow made deliberately at a sanctuary (Judges 11:35) under stress of circumstances, like Jacob's at Bethel Genesis 28:20 f.,...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 272 JEPHTHAH’S VOW Judges 11:30. _And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the Lord, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands, then it shall be, that whatsoe...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _Jephthah's Vow Judges 11:29-31_ 29 Then the spirit of the Lord came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead, and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND JEPHTHAH VOWED A VOW UNTO THE LORD, AND SAID, IF THOU SHALT WITHOUT FAIL DELIVER THE CHILDREN OF AMMON INTO MINE HANDS,_ No JFB commentary on this verse....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    JEPHTHAH'S VICTORY OVER THE AMMONITES. HIS RASH VOW 1-11. The Choice of Jephthah....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    LIFE WITHOUT LAW JUDGES _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 11 V1 Jephthah, a man from Gilead’s family, was a brave soldier. Gilead was his father. V2 His mother was a woman who sold her body for sex. Gilead’...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    JEPHTHAH VOWED A VOW. — This was a practice among all ancient nations, but specially among the Jews (Genesis 28:20; 1 Samuel 1:11; 2 Samuel 15:8;...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יִּדַּ֨ר יִפְתָּ֥ח נֶ֛דֶר לַ יהוָ֖ה וַ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    THE TERRIBLE VOW Judges 11:12 AT every stage of their history the Hebrews were capable of producing men of passionate religiousness. And this appears as a distinction of the group of nations to which...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    A SHADOWED VICTORY Judges 11:29 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 neighborin...

  • 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 by the legitimate sons of his father. Evidently th...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    The coming of the Spirit of the Lord on Jephthah proved he was God's appointed leader. He immediately rose up and traveled through the area gathering an army to fight for the freedom of Gilead. This a...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _He. Hebrew and Septuagint, "And he vowed." A new sentence commences; (Cajetan) so that it is not clear that Jephte was moved to make this vow by the spirit of the Lord; else it could not be blamed. ...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Surely the vow of Jephthah proceeded from the want of faith; else why did he doubt, why did he say if the Lord would deliver Ammon into his hands? And Reader! make an observation of it in your own exp...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    My object being no more than a sketch, as most of you know, I desire to say but a few words on such of the Chapter s as bear a similar character to that which has been already pointed out in the early...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 9, 10, 11, AND 12. After Gideon's death we see the results of this distance from God in the internal struggles which took place between the children of Israel...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND JEPHTHAH VOWED A VOW UNTO THE LORD,.... Before he set out for the land of the children of Ammon, and to fight with them; hoping that such a religious disposition of mind would be regarded by the L...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands, Ver. 30. _And Jephthah vowed a vow._] Perplexed and confused, yea, rash and...

  • Jonathan Edwards' Notes On The Scriptures

    Jdg. 11:30, to the end._ Concerning Jephthah's vow and his offering up his daughter_. That Jephthah did not put his daughter to death and burn her in sacrifice, the following things evince. I. The ten...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 The Couenant betweene Iephthah and the Gileadites, that hee should be their head. 12 The treaty of peace betweene him and the Ammonites is in vaine. 29 Iephthahs vow. 32 His conquest of the Ammon...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the Lord and said, If Thou shalt without fail, most assuredly, DELIVER THE CHILDREN OF AMMON INTO MINE HANDS,...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    JEPHTHAH, AFTER HIS VICTORY, KEEPS HIS VOW...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    29-40 Several important lessons are to be learned from Jephthah's vow. 1. There may be remainders of distrust and doubting, even in the hearts of true and great believers. 2. Our vows to God should n...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    Of this and the following verse, SEE POOLE ON "JUDGES 11:39...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Judges 11:30 Jephthah H3316 made H5087 (H8799) vow H5088 LORD H3068 said H559 (H8799) indeed H5414 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘ And Jephthah vowed a vow to Yahweh, and said, “If you will indeed deliver the children of Ammon into my hand, then it shall be, that whoever comes forth from the doors of my house to meet me when I...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Jeptha's awful vow and the victory over the Ammorites. CHARACTERS: God, Holy Spirit, Jeptha, his daughter. CONCLUSION: A Christian in the hands of the Spirit is assured of success in the u...

  • 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. Judges 11:3. Vain men,

  • 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 rash in vowing and heartless in fulfilling; one whom...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _JEPHTHAH’S VOW_ (Judges 11:30; Judges 11:34) CRITICAL NOTES.— JUDGES 11:30. VOWED A VOW UNTO THE LORD.] He looked entirely to Jehovah for victory ...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _CHOICE OF A LEADER; AND SLAUGHTER OF THE ENEMY_ Judges 11:1. CRITICAL NOTES.— JUDGES 11:1. THE GILEADITE.] Many regard this as not a definite patronymic, but indicating that he belonged to the clan...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION JUDGES 11:29 THEN THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD CAME UPON JEPHTHAH, as upon Othniel, upon Gideon, and upon Samson (Judges 3:16; Judges 6:34;...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    He was a mighty man of valour, he was the son of a harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah. And Gilead's wife bore him sons; and the wife's sons when they grew up, they threw Jephthah out, and they said, Yo...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Samuel 1:11; Ecclesiastes 5:1; Ecclesiastes 5:2; Ecclesiastes 5:4;...

  • When Critics Ask: A Popular Handbook on Bible Difficulties, Norman L. Geisler and Thomas Howe, 1960

    How could God allow Jephthah to offer his daughter up as a burnt offering? PROBLEM: Just before Jephthah went into battle against the people of Ammon, he made a vow to the Lord. The vow he made was th...

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