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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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Footnotes

  1. Judges 11:37 tn Heb “Let this thing be done for me.”
  2. 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.”
  3. Judges 11:38 tn Heb “he sent her.”
  4. Judges 11:38 tn Heb “on the hills.” The words “as she walked” are supplied.

37 但求你先给我两个月的时间,让我和同伴到山上去为我终身未嫁哀哭。” 38 耶弗他答应了,给了她两个月的时间。于是,她便和同伴到山上为自己终身未嫁哀哭。

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