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Judges 11:37-38
New English Translation
Judges 11:37-38
New English Translation
37 She then said to her father, “Please grant me this one wish.[a] For two months allow me to walk through the hills with my friends and mourn my virginity.”[b] 38 He said, “You may go.” He permitted her to leave[c] for two months. She went with her friends and mourned her virginity as she walked through the hills.[d]
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- Judges 11:37 tn Heb “Let this thing be done for me.”
- Judges 11:37 tn 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.”
- Judges 11:38 tn Heb “he sent her.”
- Judges 11:38 tn Heb “on the hills.” The words “as she walked” are supplied.
Judges 11:37-38
New International Version
Judges 11:37-38
New International Version
37 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.”
38 “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.
Judges 11:37-38
King James Version
Judges 11:37-38
King James Version
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.
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