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allow me two months, so that I may go to the mountains and weep because of my virginity, I and my friends.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/judges/11.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />She said to her father, &#8220Let 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.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/judges/11.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And 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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/judges/11.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then 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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/judges/11.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />And she said to her father, “Let this <i>one</i> thing be done for me; let me alone for two months, so that I may go to the mountains and weep over my virginity, I and my companions.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/judges/11.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />She also said to her father, “Let me do this one thing: Let me wander two months through the mountains with my friends and mourn my virginity.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/judges/11.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />She also said to her father, &#8220Let me do this one thing: Let me wander two months through the mountains with my friends and mourn my virginity."&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/judges/11.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may depart and go down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my companions.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/judges/11.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />But first, please let me spend two months, wandering in the hill country with my friends. We will cry together, because I can never get married and have children." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/judges/11.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may depart and go down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my companions.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/judges/11.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />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."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/judges/11.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />But she asked her father, "Do this one thing for me. Leave me alone for two months, so that I can go with my friends to wander in the mountains and grieve that I must die a virgin." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/judges/11.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Then she continued talking with her father, "Do this for me: leave me alone by myself for two months. I'll go up to the mountains and cry there because I'll never marry. My friends and I will go." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/judges/11.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/judges/11.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />She then said to her father, "Please grant me this one wish. For two months allow me to walk through the hills with my friends and mourn my virginity."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/judges/11.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />She said to her father, "Let this thing be done for me: leave me alone two months, that I may depart and go down on the mountains, and weep because of my virginity, I and my companions."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/judges/11.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And she said to 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/judges/11.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Then she said to her father, “Let this thing be done for me. Leave me alone two months, that I may depart and go down on the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my companions.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/judges/11.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And she says to her father, “Let this thing be done to me; desist from me [for] two months, and I go on, and have gone down on the hills, and I weep for my virginity—I and my friends.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/judges/11.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And she saith unto her father, 'Let this thing be done to me; desist from me two months, and I go on, and have gone down on the hills, and I weep for my virginity -- I and my friends.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/judges/11.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And she will say to her father, This word shall be done to me: desist from me two months, and I will go, and go down upon the mountains, and I will lament over my virginity, I and my friends.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/judges/11.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And she said to her father: Grant me only this which I desire: Let me go, that I may go about the mountains for two months, and may bewail my virginity with my companions. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/judges/11.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And she said to her father: “Grant to me this one thing, which I request. Permit me, that I may wander the hillsides for two months, and that I may mourn my virginity with my companions.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/judges/11.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Then she said to her father, “Let me have this favor. Do nothing for two months, that I and my companions may go wander in the mountains to weep for my virginity.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/judges/11.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />And she said to her father, “Let this thing be done for me: Grant me two months, so that I may go and wander on the mountains, and bewail my virginity, my companions and I.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/judges/11.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And she said to her father, Grant me this thing only: let me alone two months that I may go and wander on the mountains and bewail my virginity, I and my companions.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/judges/11.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And she said to her father: “Only do this for me. Let me alone two months and I shall go, I shall walk on the mountains and I shall weep for my virginity, I and my friends”<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/judges/11.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And she said unto her father: 'Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may depart and go down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my companions.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/judges/11.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And she said to her father, Let my father now do this thing: let me alone for two months, and I will go up and down on the mountains, and I will bewail my virginity, I and my companions.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/judges/11-37.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AjzBiIYY2Dc?start=3731" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/judges/11.htm">Jephthah's Tragic Vow</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">36</span>“My father,” she replied, “you have given your word to the LORD. Do to me as you have said, for the LORD has avenged you of your enemies, the Ammonites.” <span class="reftext">37</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: wat·tō·mer (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3fs) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">She also said</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1: ’ā·ḇî·hā (N-msc:: 3fs) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application).">her father,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: yê·‘ā·śeh (V-Nifal-Imperf-3ms) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">“Let me do</a> <a href="/hebrew/lî (Prep:: 1cs) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088: haz·zeh (Art:: Pro-ms) -- This, here. A primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that.">this</a> <a href="/hebrew/7503.htm" title="7503: har·pêh (V-Hifil-Imp-ms) -- Sink, relax. A primitive root; to slacken."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: mim·men·nî (Prep:: 1cs) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1697.htm" title="1697: had·dā·ḇār (Art:: N-ms) -- Speech, word. From dabar; a word; by implication, a matter or thing; adverbially, a cause.">one thing:</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: wə·’ê·lə·ḵāh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjImperf.Cohort-1cs) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">Let me wander</a> <a href="/hebrew/3381.htm" title="3381: wə·yā·raḏ·tî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-1cs) -- To come or go down, descend. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/8147.htm" title="8147: šə·na·yim (Number-md) -- Two (a card. number). Dual of sheniy; feminine shttayim; two; also twofold.">for two</a> <a href="/hebrew/2320.htm" title="2320: ḥo·ḏā·šîm (N-mp) -- New moon, a month. From chadash; the new moon; by implication, a month.">months</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">through</a> <a href="/hebrew/2022.htm" title="2022: he·hā·rîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Mountain, hill, hill country. A shortened form of harar; a mountain or range of hills.">the mountains</a> <a href="/hebrew/595.htm" title="595: ’ā·nō·ḵî (Pro-1cs) -- I. Sometimes; a primitive pro. I."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7464.htm" title="7464: wə·rē·ʿə·yō·ṯå̄y (Conj-w:: N-fpc:: 1cs) -- Companion, attendant. Feminine of rea'; a female associate.">with my friends</a> <a href="/hebrew/1058.htm" title="1058: wə·’eḇ·keh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjImperf.h-1cs) -- To weep, bewail. A primitive root; to weep; generally to bemoan.">and mourn</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1331.htm" title="1331: bə·ṯū·lay (N-mpc:: 1cs) -- Virginity. Masculine plural of the same as bthuwlah; virginity; by implication and concretely, the tokens of it.">my virginity.”</a> </span><span class="reftext">38</span>“Go,” he said. And he sent her away for two months. So she left with her friends and mourned her virginity upon the mountains.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/22-2.htm">Genesis 22:2</a></span><br />“Take your son,” God said, “your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will show you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/24-58.htm">Genesis 24:58</a></span><br />They called Rebekah and asked her, “Will you go with this man?” “I will go,” she replied.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/1-11.htm">1 Samuel 1:11</a></span><br />And she made a vow, saying, “O LORD of Hosts, if only You will look upon the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me, not forgetting Your maidservant but giving her a son, then I will dedicate him to the LORD all the days of his life, and no razor shall ever touch his head.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/18-6.htm">1 Samuel 18:6-7</a></span><br />As the troops were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing, with joyful songs, and with tambourines and other instruments. / And as the women danced, they sang out: “Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/13-37.htm">2 Samuel 13:37-38</a></span><br />Now Absalom fled and went to Talmai son of Ammihud, the king of Geshur. But David mourned for his son every day. / After Absalom had fled and gone to Geshur, he stayed there three years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/4-27.htm">2 Kings 4:27-28</a></span><br />When she reached the man of God at the mountain, she clung to his feet. Gehazi came over to push her away, but the man of God said, “Leave her alone, for her soul is in deep distress, and the LORD has hidden it from me and has not told me.” / Then she said, “Did I ask you for a son, my lord? Didn’t I say, ‘Do not deceive me?’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/22-1.htm">Psalm 22:1</a></span><br />For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Doe of the Dawn.” A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/35-14.htm">Psalm 35:14</a></span><br />I paced about as for my friend or brother; I was bowed down with grief, like one mourning for his mother.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/53-7.htm">Isaiah 53:7</a></span><br />He was oppressed and afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so He did not open His mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/31-15.htm">Jeremiah 31:15</a></span><br />This is what the LORD says: “A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/14-6.htm">Matthew 14:6-8</a></span><br />On Herod’s birthday, however, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod / so much that he promised with an oath to give to her whatever she asked. / Prompted by her mother, she said, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/26-39.htm">Matthew 26:39</a></span><br />Going a little farther, He fell facedown and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me. Yet not as I will, but as You will.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/6-22.htm">Mark 6:22-25</a></span><br />When the daughter of Herodias came and danced, she pleased Herod and his guests, and the king said to the girl, “Ask me for whatever you wish, and I will give it to you.” / And he swore to her, “Whatever you ask of me, I will give you, up to half my kingdom!” / Then she went out and asked her mother, “What should I request?” And her mother answered, “The head of John the Baptist.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/1-38.htm">Luke 1:38</a></span><br />“I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered. “May it happen to me according to your word.” Then the angel left her.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/2-35.htm">Luke 2:35</a></span><br />so that the thoughts of many hearts will be revealed—and a sword will pierce your soul as well.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And she said to her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may go up and down on the mountains, and mourn my virginity, I and my fellows.</p><p class="hdg">go up and down.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/1-6.htm">1 Samuel 1:6</a></b></br> And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/luke/1-25.htm">Luke 1:25</a></b></br> Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on <i>me</i>, to take away my reproach among men.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/judges/11-34.htm">Alone</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/34-8.htm">Bewail</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-33.htm">Companions</a> <a href="/judges/7-3.htm">Depart</a> <a href="/judges/9-36.htm">Hills</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/33-14.htm">Months</a> <a href="/judges/9-36.htm">Mountains</a> <a href="/judges/8-24.htm">Request</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-6.htm">Roam</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/15-10.htm">Sad</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/22-20.htm">Virginity</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/27-18.htm">Wander</a> <a href="/judges/2-4.htm">Weep</a> <a href="/judges/2-4.htm">Weeping</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/judges/16-26.htm">Alone</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-9.htm">Bewail</a> <a href="/judges/11-38.htm">Companions</a> <a href="/judges/19-5.htm">Depart</a> <a href="/judges/11-38.htm">Hills</a> <a href="/judges/11-38.htm">Months</a> <a href="/judges/11-38.htm">Mountains</a> <a href="/judges/20-27.htm">Request</a> <a href="/psalms/59-15.htm">Roam</a> <a href="/judges/11-38.htm">Sad</a> <a href="/judges/11-38.htm">Virginity</a> <a href="/2_samuel/15-20.htm">Wander</a> <a href="/judges/21-2.htm">Weep</a> <a href="/judges/11-38.htm">Weeping</a><div class="vheading2">Judges 11</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/11-1.htm">The covenant between Jephthah and the Gileadites, that he should lead</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/11-12.htm">The treaty of peace between him and the Ammonites is in vain</a></span><br><span class="reftext">29. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/11-29.htm">Jephthah's vow</a></span><br><span class="reftext">32. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/11-32.htm">His conquest of the Ammonites</a></span><br><span class="reftext">34. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/11-34.htm">He performs his vow on his daughter.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the context of <a href="/judges/11.htm">Judges 11</a>, Jephthah had made a vow to the Lord to offer as a burnt offering whatever came out of his house to greet him if he returned victorious from battle. His daughter was the first to greet him, leading to this tragic situation. The interaction underscores the importance of vows in ancient Israelite culture and the patriarchal nature of family dynamics.<p><b>Let me do this one thing</b><br>The request indicates a sense of agency and a desire to fulfill a personal need before the vow is carried out. It reflects the cultural practices of the time, where vows were taken seriously and had to be fulfilled, even at great personal cost. This request also shows the daughter's acceptance of her fate and her desire to prepare herself emotionally and spiritually.<p><b>Let me wander for two months</b><br>The two-month period suggests a time of preparation and reflection. In biblical times, periods of mourning and preparation were common, often involving specific time frames. This request for time indicates the daughter's understanding of the gravity of the situation and her desire to process it fully. The number two can symbolize witness or testimony in biblical numerology, perhaps indicating her life as a testimony to the seriousness of vows.<p><b>through the mountains</b><br>The mountains in biblical literature often symbolize places of encounter with God, refuge, or isolation. This setting provides a backdrop for reflection and mourning, away from the community. The geographical reference to the mountains may also suggest a place of solitude and contemplation, fitting for the daughter's purpose.<p><b>with my friends</b><br>The inclusion of friends in this request highlights the communal aspect of mourning and support. In ancient Israel, community and relationships were vital, and friends would play a significant role in providing comfort and companionship. This reflects the cultural importance of community in times of personal crisis.<p><b>and mourn my virginity</b><br>Mourning virginity in this context refers to lamenting the unfulfilled potential of marriage and motherhood, which were highly valued in ancient Israelite society. Virginity here symbolizes the loss of future prospects and the continuation of family lineage. This mourning is not just for her own life but for the societal expectations and roles she will never fulfill. The emphasis on virginity also connects to themes of purity and sacrifice, which can be seen as a type of Christ, who was the ultimate pure sacrifice.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jephthah's_daughter.htm">Jephthah's Daughter</a></b><br>The unnamed daughter of Jephthah, who becomes the central figure in this passage. She is known for her obedience and acceptance of her father's vow.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/jephthah.htm">Jephthah</a></b><br>A judge of Israel who made a vow to the Lord that led to the sacrifice of his daughter. His account is a complex mix of faith, leadership, and tragic consequences.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_hills.htm">The Hills</a></b><br>The location where Jephthah's daughter requests to go and mourn. This setting symbolizes a place of solitude and reflection.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_vow.htm">The Vow</a></b><br>Jephthah's vow to God, which he made before a battle, promising to sacrifice whatever came out of his house to greet him if he returned victorious.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_friends.htm">The Friends</a></b><br>The companions of Jephthah's daughter who join her in mourning. They represent community and shared grief.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_weight_of_vows.htm">The Weight of Vows</a></b><br>This passage underscores the seriousness of making vows to God. It teaches us to consider our words and promises carefully, understanding the potential consequences.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_and_sacrifice.htm">Obedience and Sacrifice</a></b><br>Jephthah's daughter exemplifies obedience and acceptance of her fate. Her account challenges us to consider our own willingness to submit to God's will, even when it involves personal sacrifice.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_in_grief.htm">Community in Grief</a></b><br>The presence of her friends highlights the importance of community support during times of sorrow. It reminds us to be present for others in their times of need.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/reflection_and_mourning.htm">Reflection and Mourning</a></b><br>The two months in the hills symbolize a period of reflection and mourning. This teaches us the value of taking time to process grief and seek God's presence in solitude.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_amidst_tragedy.htm">Faith Amidst Tragedy</a></b><br>Despite the tragic outcome, Jephthah's account is one of faith. It encourages us to trust in God's plan, even when we do not understand it fully.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_judges_11.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Judges 11</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/where_does_your_hope_come_from.htm">How can I find strength and courage in faith?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_isn't_jephthah's_act_condemned.htm">Judges 11:34–39: If Jephthah’s daughter was actually sacrificed, why is there no explicit condemnation of this act elsewhere in Scripture? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_didn't_god_stop_jephthah's_vow.htm">Why did God allow Jephthah to sacrifice his daughter in Judges 11 without stopping him?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_god_accept_sacrifices.htm">If God is all-good, why does He accept human sacrifices in some cases (Judges 11:30-39)?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/judges/11.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(37) <span class= "bld">Let me alone two months.</span>--There was nothing which forbade this postponement for a definite purpose and period of the fulfilment of the vow. For the phrase "let me alone," see <a href="/deuteronomy/9-14.htm" title="Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven: and I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they.">Deuteronomy 9:14</a>; <a href="/1_samuel/11-3.htm" title="And the elders of Jabesh said to him, Give us seven days' respite, that we may send messengers to all the coasts of Israel: and then, if there be no man to save us, we will come out to you.">1Samuel 11:3</a>.<p><span class= "bld">And bewail my virginity.</span>--The thought which was so grievous to the Hebrew maiden was not death, but to die unwedded and childless. This is the bitterest wail of Antigone also, in the great play of Sophocles (<span class= "ital">Ant. </span>890); but to a Hebrew maid the pang would be more bitter, because the absence of motherhood cut off from her, and, in this instance, from her house, the hopes which prophecy had cherished. Josephus makes the expression mean no more than "to bewail <span class= "ital">her youth," neoteta </span>(Jos. <span class= "ital">Antt. v.</span> 7, ? 10).<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/judges/11.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 37.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And bewail my virginity</span>. It is a striking evidence of the strong desire among Hebrew women to be mothers, as seen in Sarah, Rachel, Hannah, and others, that it was the prospect of dying unmarried which seemed to Jephthah's daughter the saddest part of her fate. So in <a href="/psalms/78-63.htm">Psalm 78:63</a>, <span class="accented">their maidens were not given to marriage</span> is one of the items of the misery of Israel (see too ver. 39). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/judges/11-37.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">She also said</span><br /><span class="heb">וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙</span> <span class="translit">(wat·tō·mer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶל־</span> <span class="translit">(’el-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">her father,</span><br /><span class="heb">אָבִ֔יהָ</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·ḇî·hā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1.htm">Strong's 1: </a> </span><span class="str2">Father</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“Let me do</span><br /><span class="heb">יֵעָ֥שֶׂה</span> <span class="translit">(yê·‘ā·śeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">this</span><br /><span class="heb">הַזֶּ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(haz·zeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Pronoun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2088.htm">Strong's 2088: </a> </span><span class="str2">This, that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">one thing:</span><br /><span class="heb">הַדָּבָ֣ר</span> <span class="translit">(had·dā·ḇār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1697.htm">Strong's 1697: </a> </span><span class="str2">A word, a matter, thing, a cause</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Let me wander</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאֵֽלְכָה֙</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’ê·lə·ḵāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, come, walk</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for two</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁנַ֣יִם</span> <span class="translit">(šə·na·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - md<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8147.htm">Strong's 8147: </a> </span><span class="str2">Two (a cardinal number)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">months</span><br /><span class="heb">חֳדָשִׁ֗ים</span> <span class="translit">(ḥo·ḏā·šîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2320.htm">Strong's 2320: </a> </span><span class="str2">The new moon, a month</span><br /><br /><span class="word">through</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the mountains</span><br /><span class="heb">הֶֽהָרִ֔ים</span> <span class="translit">(he·hā·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2022.htm">Strong's 2022: </a> </span><span class="str2">Mountain, hill, hill country</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with my friends</span><br /><span class="heb">וְרֵעוֹתָֽי׃</span> <span class="translit">(wə·rê·‘ō·w·ṯāy)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7474.htm">Strong's 7474: </a> </span><span class="str2">A female associate</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and mourn</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאֶבְכֶּה֙</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’eḇ·keh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1058.htm">Strong's 1058: </a> </span><span class="str2">To weep, to bemoan</span><br /><br /><span class="word">my virginity.”</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּתוּלַ֔י</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ṯū·lay)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1331.htm">Strong's 1331: </a> </span><span class="str2">Virginity, the tokens of it</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/judges/11-37.htm">Judges 11:37 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/judges/11-37.htm">Judges 11:37 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/judges/11-37.htm">Judges 11:37 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/judges/11-37.htm">Judges 11:37 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/judges/11-37.htm">Judges 11:37 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/judges/11-37.htm">Judges 11:37 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/judges/11-37.htm">Judges 11:37 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/judges/11-37.htm">Judges 11:37 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/judges/11-37.htm">Judges 11:37 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/judges/11-37.htm">Judges 11:37 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/judges/11-37.htm">OT History: Judges 11:37 She said to her father Let this (Jd Judg. 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