Judges 11:27

“Wherefore I have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me: the LORD the Judge be judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon.”

"Wherefore I have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me: the LORD the Judge be judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon." - Judges 11:27
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What does Judges 11:27 mean?

Judges 11:27 in the King James Version reads: "Wherefore I have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me: the Lord the Judge be judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon." This verse is part of the story of Jephthah, a…

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The Lord Our Judge: Understanding Justice and Mercy in Conflict

In the midst of conflict and war between the Israelite nation and the Ammonites, Judges 11:27 presents a poignant statement from Jephthah, a leader and judge of Israel. The verse reads: "Wherefore I have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me: the…

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A Prayer for Justice and Righteousness

O Sovereign Lord, the Almighty Judge who reigns over all creation, we come before Your throne of grace and mercy, bowing down with humbled hearts. You, O God, are the ultimate arbiter of justice; Your wisdom is unfathomable, Your understanding limitless. In Your presence, we…

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Judges 11:27 - "Wherefore I have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me: the LORD the Judge be judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon."
Judges 20:27 - "And the children of Israel enquired of the LORD, (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,"
Judges 12:11 - "¶ And after him Elon, a Zebulonite, judged Israel; and he judged Israel ten years."
1 Corinthians 11:31 - "For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged."
Job 31:11 - "For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges."
Matthew 12:27 - "And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges."
Psalms 148:11 - "Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of the earth:"
Judges 2:11 - "¶ And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim:"
Judges 11:14 - "And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children of Ammon:"
Judges 9:27 - "And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and trode the grapes, and made merry, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech."
Judges 3:11 - "And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died."
Judges 14:11 - "And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him."
Judges 11:11 - "Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and captain over them: and Jephthah uttered all his words before the LORD in Mizpeh."
Judges 11:4 - "¶ And it came to pass in process of time, that the children of Ammon made war against Israel."
1 Chronicles 11:27 - "Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,"
Judges 17:11 - "And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons."
Judges 11:40 - "That the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year."
Judges 11:6 - "And they said unto Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon."
Judges 3:27 - "And it came to pass, when he was come, that he blew a trumpet in the mountain of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went down with him from the mount, and he before them."
Nehemiah 11:27 - "And at Hazar-shual, and at Beer-sheba, and in the villages thereof,"
Judges 11:28 - "Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not unto the words of Jephthah which he sent him."
Judges 1:11 - "And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjath-sepher:"
Deuteronomy 27:11 - "¶ And Moses charged the people the same day, saying,"
John 16:11 - "Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged."
"And the children of Israel enquired of the LORD, (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days," - Judges 20:27
"¶ And after him Elon, a Zebulonite, judged Israel; and he judged Israel ten years." - Judges 12:11
Judges 11:1 - "Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he was the son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah."
Judges 20:11 - "So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man."
Romans 2:27 - "And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law?"