38And he answered her: Go. And he sent her away for two months. And when she was gone with her comrades and companions, she mourned her virginity in the mountains.


In Context

35 And when he saw her, he rent his garments, and said: Alas! my daughter, thou hast deceived me, and thou thyself art deceived: for I have opened my mouth to the Lord, and I can do no other thing.

36 And she answered him: My father, if thou hast opened thy mouth to the Lord, do unto me whatsoever thou hast promised, since the victory hath been granted to thee, and revenge of thy enemies.

37 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.

38 And he answered her: Go. And he sent her away for two months. And when she was gone with her comrades and companions, she mourned her virginity in the mountains.

39 And the two months being expired, she returned to her father, and he did to her as he had vowed, and she knew no man. From thence came a fashion in Israel, and a custom has been kept:

40 That from year to year the daughters of Israel assemble together, and lament the daughter of Jephte the Galaadite for four days.

Judges 11:38 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

11:38"You may go," he said. And he let her go for two months. She and the girls went into the hills and wept because she would never marry.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:38And he said, Go. And he sent her away [for] two months: and she went with her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

11:38And 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:38And 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

11:38And 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:38And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and she went with her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:38He said, |Go.| He sent her away for two months: and she departed, she and her companions, and mourned her virginity on the mountains.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

11:38And 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;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:38And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and she went with her companions, and bewailed her virginity on the mountains.