34 When Jephthah came to his house at (A)Mizpah, behold, his daughter was coming out to meet him (B)with tambourines and with dancing. Now she was his one and only child; besides her he had no son or daughter. 35 When he saw her, he tore his clothes and said, “Alas, my daughter! You have brought me very low, and you are among those who trouble me; for I have [a]given my word to the Lord, and (C)I cannot take it back.” 36 So she said to him, “My father, you have [b]given your word to the Lord; (D)do to me [c]as you have said, since the Lord has avenged you of your enemies, the sons of Ammon.”

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 11:35 Lit opened my mouth
  2. Judges 11:36 Lit opened your mouth
  3. Judges 11:36 Lit according to what has proceeded from your mouth