Judges 11:37 - Forerunner Commentary

Judges 11:37

35 And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he ^atore his clothes, and said, “Alas, my daughter! You have brought me very low! You are among those who trouble me! For I ^bhave given my word to the Lord, and ^cI cannot go back on it.”

36 So she said to him, “My father, if you have given your word to the Lord, ^ado to me according to what has gone out of your mouth, because ^bthe Lord has avenged you of your enemies, the people of Ammon.”

37 Then she said to her father, “Let this thing be done for me: let me alone for two months, that I may go and wander on the mountains and¹ bewail my virginity, my friends and I.”

38 So he said, “Go.” And he sent her away for two months; and she went with her friends, and bewailed her virginity on the mountains.

39 And it was so at the end of two months that she returned to her father, and he ^acarried out his vow with her which he had vowed. She¹ knew no man. And it became a custom in Israel

40 that the daughters of Israel went four days each year to¹ lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite.

Verse Comparison: Judges 11:37

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American Standard Version
And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may depart and go down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my companions.

Amplified® Bible
And she said to her father, Let this thing be done for me; let me alone two months, that I may go and wander upon the mountains and bewail my virginity, I and my companions.

Contemporary English Version
But first, please let me spend two months, wandering in the hill country with my friends. We will cry together, because I can never get married and have children."

Darby English Version
And she said to her father, "Let this thing be done for me; let me alone two months, that I may go and wander on the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my companions."

Good News Bible
But she asked her father, "Do this one thing for me. Leave me alone for two months, so that I can go with my friends to wander in the mountains and grieve that I must die a virgin."

King James Version
And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may go up and down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my fellows.

New American Standard Bible
She said to her father, "Let this thing be done for me; let me alone two months, that I may go to the mountains and weep because of my virginity, I and my companions."

New International Version
But grant me this one request," she said. "Give me two months to roam the hills and weep with my friends, because I will never marry."

New King James Version
Then she said to her father, “Let this thing be done for me: let me alone for two months, that I may go and wander on the mountains and bewail my virginity, my friends and I.”

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
She said to her father, "Let you do this thing for me; let me alone two months, that I may go to the mountains and weep because of my virginity, I and my companions."

Revised Standard Version
And she said to her father, "Let this thing be done for me; let me alone two months, that I may go and wander on the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my companions."

Young's Literal Translation
And she saith unto her father, `Let this thing be done to me; desist from me two months, and I go on, and have gone down on the hills, and I weep for my virginity -- I and my friends.'

New English Translation
She then said to her father, “Please grant me this one wish.¹ For two months allow me to walk through the hills with my friends and mourn my virginity.”²

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