³⁷She said to her father, “Let this thing be done for me; let me alone two months, that I may ¹go to the mountains and weep because of ^amy virginity, I and my companions.”

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a Gen 30:23; Luke 1:25

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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.”

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.”

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.”

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.”

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.

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.

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