God’s Word Translation
Judges 11:37
37Then she said to her father, “Do me a favor. Give me two months for my friends and me to walk in the mountains and mourn that I will never have an opportunity to get married.”
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 he saw her, he tore his clothes in grief and said, “Oh no, Daughter! You’ve brought me to my knees! What disaster you’ve brought me! I made a foolish promise to the Lord. Now I can’t break it.” 36She said to him, “Father, you made a promise to the Lord. Do to me whatever you promised since the Lord has punished your enemy Ammon.” Then she said to her father, “Do me a favor. Give me two months for my friends and me to walk in the mountains and mourn that I will never have an opportunity to get married.” 38“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. 39At the end of those two months she came back to her father. He did to her what he had vowed, and she never had a husband. So the custom began in Israel
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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
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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
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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
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