Judges 11:38

Judges 11:38 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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 International Version (NIV)“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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)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.

Context of Judges 11:38

36“My father, you have opened your mouth to Adonai,” she said to him. “Do to me what proceeded from your mouth—since Adonai brought vengeance on your enemies, the children of Ammon.” 37She said further to her father, “Let this thing be done for me. Let me be alone two months, so that I may go on the mountains and mourn my virginity, I and my companions.” “Go!” he said. So he sent her away for two months. So she left, she and her companions, and mourned on the mountains because of her virginity. 39Then at the end of two months she returned to her father, who did with her according to his vow he had made—so she was never intimate with a man. So it became a custom in Israel, 40that the daughters of Israel would go annually to commemorate the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.

Judges 11:38 word by word

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לֵ֔כִי וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח אוֹתָ֖הּ שְׁנֵ֣י חֳדָשִׁ֑ים וַתֵּ֤לֶךְ הִיא֙ וְרֵ֣עוֹתֶ֔יהָ וַתֵּ֥בְךְּ עַל־בְּתוּלֶ֖יהָ עַל־הֶהָרִֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And he saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Goיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• And he sent her awayשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: let goH7971
• twoשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
• monthsחֹ֫דֶשׁchôdesh · monthH2320
• with her companionsרֵעָהrê‛âh · companionH7464
• and bewailedבָּכָהbâkâh · to weepH1058
• her virginityבְּתוּלִיםbethûlîym · virginityH1331
• upon the mountainsהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022

Commentaries on Judges 11:38

• 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 11:38

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

In the dictionaries

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

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