Judges 11:40
38 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,
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.
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- BSB
- that each year the young women of Israel go out for four days to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite.
- KJV
- That the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.
- WEB
- that the daughters of Israel went yearly to celebrate the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.
- ASV
- that the daughters of Israel went yearly to celebrate the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.
- DARBY
- that from year to year the daughters of Israel go to celebrate the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in the year.
- BLB
- [that] from time to time the daughters of Israel went to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite, four days in the year.
- ÅB
- År for år går Israels døtre avsted for å prise Jeftas, gileadittens datter fire dager om året.
- OTB
- at hvert år går Israels døtre ut i fire dager for å minnes datteren til Jefta, gileaditten.
- B1930
- År for år går Israels døtre avsted for å prise Jeftas, gileadittens datter fire dager om året.