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.


In Context

35 And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the LORD, and I cannot go back.

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.

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,

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

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

11:38And 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.

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.