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

And Jephthah {H3316} vowed {H5087} a vow {H5088} unto the LORD {H3068}, and said {H559}, If thou shalt without fail {H5414} deliver {H5414} the children {H1121} of Ammon {H5983} into mine hands {H3027},

Yiftach made a vow to ADONAI: "If you will hand the people of 'Amon over to me,

Jephthah made this vow to the LORD: “If indeed You will deliver the Ammonites into my hand,

And Jephthah vowed a vow unto Jehovah, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver the children of Ammon into my hand,

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Cross-References

  • Genesis 28:20 (6 votes)

    And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,

  • 1 Samuel 1:11 (5 votes)

    And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.

  • Ecclesiastes 5:4 (4 votes)

    ¶ When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for [he hath] no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.

  • Ecclesiastes 5:5 (4 votes)

    Better [is it] that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.

  • Ecclesiastes 5:1 (4 votes)

    ¶ Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.

  • Ecclesiastes 5:2 (4 votes)

    Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter [any] thing before God: for God [is] in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.

  • Numbers 30:2 (3 votes)

    If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.