Judges 11:38
New International Version
“You may go,” he said. And he let her go for two months. She and her friends went into the hills and wept because she would never marry.

New Living Translation
“You may go,” Jephthah said. And he sent her away for two months. She and her friends went into the hills and wept because she would never have children.

English Standard Version
So he said, “Go.” Then he sent her away for two months, and she departed, she and her companions, and wept for her virginity on the mountains.

Berean Standard Bible
“Go,” he said. And he sent her away for two months. So she left with her friends and mourned her virginity upon the mountains.

King James Bible
And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and she went with her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains.

New King James Version
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.

New American Standard Bible
Then he said, “Go.” So he let her go for two months; and she left with her friends, and wept on the mountains because of her virginity.

NASB 1995
Then he said, “Go.” So he sent her away for two months; and she left with her companions, and wept on the mountains because of her virginity.

NASB 1977
Then he said, “Go.” So he sent her away for two months; and she left with her companions, and wept on the mountains because of her virginity.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then he said, “Go.” So he sent her away for two months; and she went with her companions and wept on the mountains because of her virginity.

Amplified Bible
And he said, “Go.” So he sent her away for two months; and she left with her companions, and wept over her virginity on the mountains.

Christian Standard Bible
“Go,” he said. And he sent her away two months. So she left with her friends and mourned her virginity as she wandered through the mountains.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Go,” he said. And he sent her away two months. So she left with her friends and mourned her virginity as she wandered through the mountains.

American Standard Version
And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and she departed, she and her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And he said to her: “Go.” And he sent her two months and she went, she and her friends, and she wept about her virginity on the mountains

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And he said, Go: and he sent her away for two months; and she went, and her companions, and she bewailed her virginity on the mountains.

Contemporary English Version
"Yes, you may have two months," Jephthah said. She and some other girls left, and for two months they wandered in the hill country, crying because she could never get married and have children.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he answered her: Go. And he sent her away for two months. And when she was gone with her comrades and companions, she mourned her virginity in the mountains.

English Revised Version
And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and she departed, she and her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"Go!" he said, and he sent her off for two months. She and her friends went to the mountains, and she cried about never being able to get married.

Good News Translation
He told her to go and sent her away for two months. She and her friends went up into the mountains and grieved because she was going to die unmarried and childless.

International Standard Version
So he said, "Go!" He sent her away for two months. She left with her friends and cried there on the mountains because she would never marry.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And he said: 'Go.' And he sent her away for two months; and she departed, she and her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains.

Literal Standard Version
And he says, “Go”; and he sends her away [for] two months, and she goes, she and her friends, and she weeps for her virginity on the hills;

Majority Standard Bible
“Go,” he said. And he sent her away for two months. So she left with her friends and mourned her virginity upon the mountains.

New American Bible
“Go,” he replied, and sent her away for two months. So she departed with her companions and wept for her virginity in the mountains.

NET Bible
He said, "You may go." He permitted her to leave for two months. She went with her friends and mourned her virginity as she walked through the hills.

New Revised Standard Version
“Go,” he said and sent her away for two months. So she departed, she and her companions, and bewailed her virginity on the mountains.

New Heart English Bible
He said, "Go." He sent her away for two months: and she departed, she and her companions, and wept because of her virginity on the mountains.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and she went with her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains.

World English Bible
He said, “Go.” He sent her away for two months; and she departed, she and her companions, and mourned her virginity on the mountains.

Young's Literal Translation
And he saith, 'Go;' and he sendeth her away two months, and she goeth, she and her friends, and she weepeth for her virginity on the hills;

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Context
Jephthah's Tragic Vow
37She also said to her father, “Let me do this one thing: Let me wander for two months through the mountains with my friends and mourn my virginity.” 38“Go,” he said. And he sent her away for two months. So she left with her friends and mourned her virginity upon the mountains. 39After two months, she returned to her father, and he did to her as he had vowed. And she had never had relations with a man. So it has become a custom in Israel…

Cross References
Judges 11:37
She also said to her father, "Let me do this one thing: Let me wander for two months through the mountains with my friends and mourn my virginity."

Judges 11:39
After two months, she returned to her father, and he did to her as he had vowed. And she had never had relations with a man. So it has become a custom in Israel


Treasury of Scripture

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Judges 11
1. The covenant between Jephthah and the Gileadites, that he should lead
12. The treaty of peace between him and the Ammonites is in vain
29. Jephthah's vow
32. His conquest of the Ammonites
34. He performs his vow on his daughter.
















Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
“Go,”
לֵ֔כִי (lê·ḵî)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

he said.
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

And he sent her away
וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח (way·yiš·laḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7971: To send away, for, out

for two
שְׁנֵ֣י (šə·nê)
Number - mdc
Strong's 8147: Two (a cardinal number)

months.
חֳדָשִׁ֑ים (ḥo·ḏā·šîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 2320: The new moon, a month

So she
הִיא֙ (hî)
Pronoun - third person feminine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

left
וַתֵּ֤לֶךְ (wat·tê·leḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

with her friends
וְרֵ֣עוֹתֶ֔יהָ (wə·rê·‘ō·w·ṯe·hā)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 7464: Companion, attendant

and mourned
וַתֵּ֥בְךְּ (wat·tê·ḇək)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 1058: To weep, to bemoan

her virginity
בְּתוּלֶ֖יהָ (bə·ṯū·le·hā)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 1331: Virginity, the tokens of it

upon
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the mountains.
הֶהָרִֽים׃ (he·hā·rîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country


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