Judges 11:37

Judges 11:37 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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 International Version (NIV)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.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)So she said to her father, "Let this thing be done for me: leave me alone two months, that I may go up and down on the mountains and weep for my virginity, I and my companions."
• New King James Version (NKJV)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.”

Context of Judges 11:37

35When Jephthah saw her, he was so upset that he tore his clothes. He said, ‘Oh no! My daughter! You have made me very sad. I made a serious promise to the Lord and I must do what I promised.’ 36She said to her father, ‘You have made a promise to the Lord. You must do to me what you told him you would do. The Lord gave you the power to punish your enemies, the Ammonites. So you must do what you promised him. But please allow me to do this one thing. Let me walk in the hills with my friends for two months. I need time to be sad because I will die before I can marry a man.’ 38Jephthah said, ‘You may go.’ He sent her away from home for two months. She and her friends walked in the hills. They wept together because she would never marry. 39After two months she returned to her father, Jephthah. He did what he had promised to the Lord. His daughter never married.

Judges 11:37 word by word

וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אֶל־אָבִ֔יהָ יֵעָ֥שֶׂה לִּ֖י הַדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֑ה הַרְפֵּ֨ה מִמֶּ֜נִּי שְׁנַ֣יִם חֳדָשִׁ֗ים וְאֵֽלְכָה֙ וְיָרַדְתִּ֣י עַל־הֶֽהָרִ֔ים וְאֶבְכֶּה֙ עַל־בְּתוּלַ֔י אָנֹכִ֖י וְרֵעוֹתָֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And she saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• unto her fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1
• Let this thingדָּבָרdâbâr · word: thingH1697
• be doneעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• for me: let me aloneרָפָהrâphâh · to slackenH7503
• twoשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
• monthsחֹ֫דֶשׁchôdesh · monthH2320
• that I may go upיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• and downיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
• upon the mountainsהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• and bewailבָּכָהbâkâh · to weepH1058
• my virginityבְּתוּלִיםbethûlîym · virginityH1331
• I and my fellowsרַעְיָהra‛yâh · darlingH7474
• I and my fellowsרֵעָהrê‛âh · companionH7464

Cross-references for Judges 11:37

• 1 Samuel 1:6Peninnah was not kind to Hannah and she made Hannah very upset. She did this because the Lord had not let Hannah give birth to any children.
• Luke 1:25‘The Lord has now given me a baby,’ she said. ‘He has been kind to me. Because of this, other people cannot say bad things about me now.’

Commentaries on Judges 11:37

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 37I and my fellows - Whether she meant the young women of her own acquaintance, or those who had been consecrated to God in the same way, though on different accounts, is not quite clear; but it is likely she means her own companions: and her going up and down upon the mountains may signify no more than her paying each of them a visit at their own houses, previously to her being shut up at the tabernacle; and this visiting of each at their own home might…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 37Bewail my virginity - To become a wife and a mother was the end of existence to an Israelite maiden. The premature death of Jephthah‘s daughter was about to frustrate this end.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 29-40Verses 29-40 Several important lessons are to be learned from Jephthah's vow. 1. There may be remainders of distrust and doubting, even in the hearts of true and great believers. 2. Our vows to God should not be as a purchase of the favour we desire, but to express gratitude to him. 3. We need to be very well-advised in making vows, lest we entangle ourselves. 4. What we have solemnly vowed to God, we must perform, if it be possible and lawful, though it…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 34-4034-40. Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances--The return of the victors was hailed, as usual, by the joyous acclaim of a female band (1Sa 18:6), the leader of whom was Jephthah's daughter. The vow was full in his mind, and it is evident that it had not been communicated to anyone, otherwise precautions would doubtless have been taken to place another object at his door. The…Read the comment

Topics related to Judges 11:37

• Consecration
• Jephthah
• Rashness
• Virgin
• Vows
• Women
• Zeal, Religious

In the dictionaries

• Fight
• Inherit
• Meet
• Abdon (1)
• Bewail
• Fellow
• God
• Israel, History of
• Israel, Religion of
• Jephthah

Commentaries on Judges 11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary