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Judges 11:37–38

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11:37She then said to her father, “Please grant me this one wish.66 For two months allow me to walk through the hills with my friends and mourn my virginity.”6711:38He said, “You may go.” He permitted her to leave68 for two months. She went with her friends and mourned her virginity as she walked through the hills.69

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  1. 66 Heb “Let this thing be done for me.”
  2. 67 Heb “Leave me alone for two months so I can go and go down on the hills and weep over my virginity—I and my friends.”
  3. 68 Heb “he sent her.”
  4. 69 Heb “on the hills.” The words “as she walked” are supplied.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

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.” So he said, “Go.” Then he sent her away for two months, and she departed, she and her companions, and wept for her virginity on the mountains.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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.”

“You may go,” he said. And he let her go for two months. She and her friends went into the hills and wept because she would never marry.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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.”

“Go,” he said. And he sent her away two months. So she left with her friends and mourned her virginity as she wandered through the mountains.

NLTNew Living Translation

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.”

“You may go,” Jephthah said. And he sent her away for two months. She and her friends went into the hills and wept because she would never have children.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And she said to her father, “Let this thing be done for me: grant me two months so that I may go wander on the mountains and lament over my virginity, I and my companions. And he said, “Go.” He sent her away for two months, and she went with her friends, and she lamented over her virginity on the mountains.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.