Judges 11:37,40 - Compare All Versions

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But grant me this one request,” she said. “Give me two months to roam the hills and weep with my friends, because I will never marry.”

that each year the young women of Israel go out for four days to commemorate the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite.

So she said to her father, “Let this thing be done for me: leave me alone two months, that I may go up and down on the mountains and weep for my virginity, I and my companions.”

that the daughters of Israel went year by year to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in the year.

But first let me do this one thing: Let me go up and roam in the hills and weep with my friends for two months, because I will die a virgin.”

for young Israelite women to go away for four days each year to lament the fate of Jephthah’s daughter.

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.”

that four days each year the young women of Israel would commemorate the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite.

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.

that the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.

Then she said to her father, “Let this thing be done for me: let me alone for two months, that I may go and wander on the mountains and bewail my virginity, my friends and I.”

that the daughters of Israel went four days each year to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite.

And then she said to her father, “But let this one thing be done for me. Give me two months to wander through the hills and lament my virginity since I will never marry, I and my dear friends.”

It became a custom in Israel that for four days every year the young women of Israel went out to mourn for the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite. * * *

And she said to her father, “Let this thing be done for me; allow me two months, so that I may go to the mountains and weep because of my virginity, I and my friends.”

that the daughters of Israel went annually to commemorate the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite for four days in the year.

And she said to her father, “Let this one 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.”

that the daughters of Israel went yearly to tell the story of the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in the year.

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.”

Every year Israelite women commemorate the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite for four days.