Judges 11:38 Parallel Translations

"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.(GOD'S WORD®)

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.

ASV:

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.

BBE:

And he said, Go then. So he sent her away for two months; and she went with her friends to the mountains, weeping for her sad fate.

DBY:

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.

ERV:

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.

JPS:

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.

WBS:

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.

WEB:

He said, "Go." He sent her away for two months: and she departed, she and her companions, and mourned her virginity on the mountains.

YLT:

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;

Judges 11:38 Cross References

XREF:

Judges 11:37 She said to her father, "Let this thing be done for me; let me alone two months, that I may go to the mountains and weep because of my virginity, I and my companions."

Judges 11:39 At the end of two months she returned to her father, who did to her according to the vow which he had made; and she had no relations with a man. Thus it became a custom in Israel, (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

MHC:

11:29-40 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 be difficult and grievous to us. 5. It well becomes children, obediently and cheerfully to submit to their parents in the Lord. It is hard to say what Jephthah did in performance of his vow; but it is thought that he did not offer his daughter as a burnt-offering. Such a sacrifice would have been an abomination to the Lord; it is supposed she was obliged to remain unmarried, and apart from her family. Concerning this and some other such passages in the sacred history, about which learned men are divided and in doubt, we need not perplex ourselves; what is necessary to our salvation, thanks be to God, is plain enough. If the reader recollects the promise of Christ concerning the teaching of the Holy Spirit, and places himself under this heavenly Teacher, the Holy Ghost will guide to all truth in every passage, so far as it is needful to be understood.

CONC:

Bewailed Companions Departed Fate Friends Girls Hills Marry Months Mountains Mourned Sad Virginity Weepeth Weeping Wept

Bewailed Companions Departed Hills Months Mountains Mourned Sad Virginity Weepeth Weeping Wept

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