Parallel Verses
World English Bible
She said to her father, "Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may depart and go down on the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my companions."
New American Standard Bible
She said to her father, “Let this thing be done for me; let me alone two months, that I may
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.
Holman Bible
She also said to her father, “Let me do this one thing: Let me wander two months through the mountains with my friends and mourn my virginity.”
International Standard Version
Then she continued talking with her father, "Do this for me: leave me alone by myself for two months. I'll go up to the mountains and cry there because I'll never marry. My friends and I will go."
A Conservative Version
And she said to 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.
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
And she said to her father, “Let this one thing be done for me; let me alone for two months, so that I may go to the mountains and weep over my
Bible in Basic English
Then she said to her father, Only do this for me: let me have two months to go away into the mountains with my friends, weeping for my sad fate.
Darby Translation
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."
Julia Smith Translation
And she will say to her father, This word shall be done to me: desist from me two months, and I will go, and go down upon the mountains, and I will lament over my virginity, I and my friends.
King James 2000
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 lament my virginity, I and my companions.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And she said to her father, "Let this thing be done for me: grant me two months so that I may go wander on the mountains and lament over my virginity, I and my companions.
Modern King James verseion
And she said to her father, Let this thing be done for me. Let me alone two months, so that I may go up and down upon the mountains and weep for my virginity, I and my companions.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And she said unto her father, "Do this much for me: let me alone two months that I may go down to the mountains and bewail my virginity with my fellows."
NET Bible
She then said to her father, "Please grant me this one wish. For two months allow me to walk through the hills with my friends and mourn my virginity."
New Heart English Bible
She said to her father, "Let this thing be done for me: leave me alone two months, that I may depart and go down on the mountains, and weep because of my virginity, I and my companions."
The Emphasized Bible
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.
Webster
And she said to 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.
Youngs 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.'
Themes
Consecration » Instances of » Jephthah, of his daughter
Jephthah » His rash vow concerning bis daughter
Months » The jews computed time by
Rashness » Instances of » Jephthah's vow
Religious zeal » Instances of » Jephthah
Virgin » Virginity of, bewailed
Woman » Young » Not to be given in marriage considered a calamity
Women » Not to be given in marriage was considered a calamity
Interlinear
'ab
Dabar
Raphah
Sh@nayim
Yalak
Yarad
Word Count of 20 Translations in Judges 11:37
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jephthah Makes A Vow
36 She said to him, "My father, you have opened your mouth to Yahweh; do to me according to that which has proceeded out of your mouth, because Yahweh has taken vengeance for you on your enemies, even on the children of Ammon." 37 She said to her father, "Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may depart and go down on the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my companions." 38 He said, "Go." He sent her away for two months: and she departed, she and her companions, and mourned her virginity on the mountains.
Phrases
Cross References
Luke 1:25
"Thus has the Lord done to me in the days in which he looked at me, to take away my reproach among men."
1 Samuel 1:6
Her rival provoked her severely, to make her fret, because Yahweh had shut up her womb.