Judges 11:38
36 And she said unto him, My father, if thou hast opened thy mouth unto the LORD, do to me according to that which hath proceeded out of thy mouth; forasmuch as the LORD hath taken vengeance for thee of thine enemies, even of the children of Ammon.
37 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.
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.
39 And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned unto her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed: and she knew no man. And it was a custom in Israel,
40 That the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “Go,” he said. And he sent her away for two months. So she left with her friends and mourned her virginity upon the mountains.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- DARBY
- 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.
- BLB
- And he said, “Go.” And he sent her away [for] two months. And she went, and her friends, and wept for her virginity on the mountains.
- ÅB
- Og han sa: Gjør så! Så lot han henne være fri to måneder; og hun gikk avsted med sine venninner og gråt over sin jomfrustand på fjellene.
- OTB
- Han sa: «Gå.» Så sendte han henne bort i to måneder. Hun og hennes venner gikk opp i fjellene og gråt over hennes jomfruelighet.
- B1930
- Og han sa: Gjør så! Så lot han henne være fri to måneder; og hun gikk avsted med sine venninner og gråt over sin jomfrustand på fjellene.