35 So when he saw her, he tore his clothes and said, “Oh, my daughter! You have brought me disaster, and you are among those who trouble me; for I have [a]given my word to the Lord, and (A)I cannot take it back.” 36 So she said to him, “My father, you have [b]given your word to the Lord; (B)do to me just as [c]you have said, since the Lord has brought you vengeance on your enemies, the sons of Ammon.” 37 And she said to her father, “Let this thing be done for me; allow me two months, so that I may [d]go to the mountains and weep because of (C)my virginity, I and my friends.”

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 11:35 Lit opened my mouth wide
  2. Judges 11:36 Lit opened your mouth wide
  3. Judges 11:36 Lit has gone out of your mouth
  4. Judges 11:37 Lit go and go down on

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