Judges 11:38
Modern Translations
New International Version
"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.

New Living Translation
“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.

English Standard Version
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.

Berean Study Bible
“Go,” he said. And he sent her away for two months. So she left with her friends and mourned her virginity upon the mountains.

New American Standard Bible
Then he said, “Go.” So he let her go for two months; and she left with her friends, and wept on the mountains because of her virginity.

NASB 1995
Then he said, "Go." So he sent her away for two months; and she left with her companions, and wept on the mountains because of her virginity.

NASB 1977
Then he said, “Go.” So he sent her away for two months; and she left with her companions, and wept on the mountains because of her virginity.

Amplified Bible
And he said, “Go.” So he sent her away for two months; and she left with her companions, and wept over her virginity on the mountains.

Christian Standard Bible
“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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
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.

Contemporary English Version
"Yes, you may have two months," Jephthah said. She and some other girls left, and for two months they wandered in the hill country, crying because she could never get married and have children.

Good News Translation
He told her to go and sent her away for two months. She and her friends went up into the mountains and grieved because she was going to die unmarried and childless.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"Go!" he said, and he sent her off for two months. She and her friends went to the mountains, and she cried about never being able to get married.

International Standard Version
So he said, "Go!" He sent her away for two months. She left with her friends and cried there on the mountains because she would never marry.

NET Bible
He said, "You may go." He permitted her to leave for two months. She went with her friends and mourned her virginity as she walked through the hills.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
So he said, “Go.” And he sent her away for two months; and she went with her friends, and bewailed her virginity on the mountains.

King James 2000 Bible
And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and she went with her companions, and lamented her virginity upon the mountains.

New Heart English Bible
He said, "Go." He sent her away for two months: and she departed, she and her companions, and wept because of her virginity on the mountains.

World English Bible
He said, "Go." He sent her away for two months: and she departed, she and her companions, and mourned her virginity on the mountains.

American King James Version
And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and she went with her companions, and bewailed her virginity on the mountains.

American Standard Version
And 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.

A Faithful Version
And he said, "Go." And he sent her away for two months. And she went with her companions and wept for her virginity upon the mountains.

Darby Bible Translation
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.

English Revised Version
And 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.

Webster's Bible Translation
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.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
And he sayde, Goe: and he sent her away two moneths: so she went with her companions, and lamented her virginitie vpon the moutaines.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And he sayd, go. And he sent her away two monethes: And so she went with her companions, & lamented her maydenhead vpon the mountaynes.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
He sayde: Go thy waye. And he let her go two monethes. Then wente she with her playefeeres, and bewayled hir mayden heade vpon the mountaynes.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And he says, “Go”; and he sends her away [for] two months, and she goes, she and her friends, and she weeps for her virginity on the hills;

Young's Literal Translation
And 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;

Smith's Literal Translation
And he will say, Go. And he will send her away two months: and she will go and her friends, and she will lament over her virginity upon the mountains.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And he answered her, “Go.” And he released her for two months. And when she had departed with her friends and companions, she wept over her virginity in the hillsides.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And he said to her: “Go.” And he sent her two months and she went, she and her friends, and she wept about her virginity on the mountains

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

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And 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.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And he said, Go: and he sent her away for two months; and she went, and her companions, and she bewailed her virginity on the mountains.
















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