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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
ויהי כאשר נלחמו בני עמון עם ישראל וילכו זקני גלעד לקחת את יפתח מארץ טוב
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
vyhy kASHr nlKHmv bny `mvn `m ySHrAl vylkv zqny gl`d lqKHt At yptKH mArTS tvb

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
quibus acriter instantibus perrexerunt maiores natu de Galaad ut tollerent in auxilium sui Iepthae de terra Tob

King James Variants
American King James Version   
And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob:
King James 2000 (out of print)   
And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah out of the land of Tob:
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob:
Authorized (King James) Version   
And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob:
New King James Version   
And so it was, when the people of Ammon made war against Israel, that the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob.
21st Century King James Version   
And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
And it was so, that, when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob;
Darby Bible Translation   
And when the Ammonites made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to bring Jephthah from the land of Tob;
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
And as they pressed hard upon them, the ancients of Galaad went to fetch Jephte out of the land of Tob to help them:
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob:
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
And when the Ammonites made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to bring Jephthah from the land of Tob.
God's Word   
When the Ammonites attacked Israel, Gilead's leaders went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
When the Ammonites made war with Israel, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob.
International Standard Version   
When this happened, the elders of Gilead went to the territory of Tob to find Jephthah.
NET Bible   
When the Ammonites attacked, the leaders of Gilead asked Jephthah to come back from the land of Tob.
New American Standard Bible   
When the sons of Ammon fought against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob;
New International Version   
the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob.
New Living Translation   
When the Ammonites attacked, the elders of Gilead sent for Jephthah in the land of Tob. The elders said,
Webster's Bible Translation   
And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to bring Jephthah out of the land of Tob:
The World English Bible   
It was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah out of the land of Tob;
EasyEnglish Bible   
When the Ammonites attacked, the leaders of Gilead went to bring Jephthah from the land of Tob.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
and it cometh to pass, when the Bene-Ammon have fought with Israel, that the elders of Gilead go to take Jephthah from the land of Tob;
New Life Version   
When the men of Ammon fought against Israel, the leaders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob.
The Voice Bible   
When the Ammonites attacked Israel, the leaders of Gilead asked Jephthah to return from Tob to be their commander and lead them against the Ammonite invaders.
Living Bible   
The leaders of Gilead sent for Jephthah,
New Catholic Bible   
When the Ammonites fought against Israel, the elders of Israel went to bring back Jephthah from the land of Tob.
Legacy Standard Bible   
So it happened that as the sons of Ammon fought against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob;
Jubilee Bible 2000   
And when the sons of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob;
Christian Standard Bible   
When the Ammonites made war with Israel, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
And when the Ammonites made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to bring Jephthah out of the land of Tob;
New Century Version   
When the Ammonites made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to Jephthah to bring him back from Tob.
The Message   
Some time passed. And then the Ammonites started fighting Israel. With the Ammonites at war with them, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob. They said to Jephthah: “Come. Be our general and we’ll fight the Ammonites.”
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
No sooner did the Ammonites wage war against the Israelites than the elders of Gilead went to bring Jephthah back from Tob.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
And when the Ammonites made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to bring Jephthah from the land of Tob.
Good News Translation®   
When this happened, the leaders of Gilead went to bring Jephthah back from the land of Tob.
Wycliffe Bible   
and when they continued sharply (their enmities), the greater men in birth of Gilead, went to take into the help of themselves Jephthah from the land of Tob; (and when they continued their sharp enmities, the men of great age, that is, the elders, of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob to help them;)
Contemporary English Version   
The leaders of the Gilead clan decided to ask a brave warrior named Jephthah son of Gilead to lead the attack against the Ammonites. Even though Jephthah belonged to the Gilead clan, he had earlier been forced to leave the region where they had lived. Jephthah was the son of a prostitute, but his half brothers were the sons of his father's wife. One day his half brothers told him, “You don't really belong to our family, so you can't have any of the family property.” Then they forced Jephthah to leave home. Jephthah went to the country of Tob, where he was joined by a number of men who would do anything for money. So the leaders of Gilead went to Jephthah and said,
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
And when the Ammonites made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to bring Jephthah from the land of Tob;
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
And when the Ammonites made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to bring Jephthah from the land of Tob.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
And when the Ammonites made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to bring Jephthah from the land of Tob.
Common English Bible © 2011   
And when the Ammonites attacked Israel, Gilead’s elders went to bring Jephthah back from the land of Tob.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
When the Ammonites fought against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob;
English Standard Version Anglicised   
And when the Ammonites made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to bring Jephthah from the land of Tob.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
As soon as the Ammonites were at war with Israel, the elders of Gilead went to bring Jephthah from the land of Tob.
New American Standard Bible   
When the sons of Ammon fought against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob;
The Expanded Bible   
When the ·Ammonites [L sons/descendants of Ammon] made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to Jephthah to bring him back from Tob.
Tree of Life Version   
When the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah from the land of Tob.
Revised Standard Version   
And when the Ammonites made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to bring Jephthah from the land of Tob;
New International Reader's Version   
So the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob.
BRG Bible   
And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob:
Complete Jewish Bible   
When the army of ‘Amon attacked Isra’el, the leaders of Gil‘ad went to fetch Yiftach from the territory of Tov
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
And when the Ammonites made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to bring Jephthah from the land of Tob.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
And it was so, that when the Bnei Ammon made war against Yisroel, the ziknei Gil‘ad went to fetch Yiftach out of Eretz Tov;
Names of God Bible   
When the Ammonites attacked Israel, Gilead’s leaders went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob.
Modern English Version   
When the Ammonites waged war with Israel, the elders of Gilead went to bring Jephthah back from the land of Tob.
Easy-to-Read Version   
The Ammonites were fighting against Israel, so the elders in Gilead went to Jephthah. They wanted Jephthah to leave the land of Tob and come back to Gilead.
International Children’s Bible   
The Ammonites made war against Israel. At that time the elders of Gilead came to Jephthah. They wanted him to come back to Gilead.
Lexham English Bible   
When the Ammonites made war with Israel, the elders of Gilead went to bring Jephthah from the land of Tob.
New International Version - UK   
the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob.