Translations
Modern
She also said to her father, “Let me do this one thing: Let me wander for two months through the mountains with my friends and mourn my virginity.”
Traditional
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.
Literal
And she said to her father, “Let this thing be done for me. Leave me alone for two months, that I may go and wander on the mountains and mourn for my virginity, I and my friends.”
Latin
Dixitque ad patrem: Hoc solum mihi præsta quod deprecor: dimitte me ut duobus mensibus circumeam montes, et plangam virginitatem meam cum sodalibus meis.
Original
Hebrew
English
She also said to her father, “Let me do this one thing: Let me wander for two months through the mountains with my friends and mourn my virginity.”
Notes
Theme notes and profiles
Events
Glossary
Family Life and Relations Gilead (Place) Jephthah Judges, Book of Mizpah Palestine Virgin
Topics
Consecration: Jephthah, of his Daughter God: Preserver: Under Jephthah Jephthah: His Rash Vow Concerning Bis Daughter Months: The Jews Computed Time By Rashness: Jephthah's Vow Religious Zeal: Jephthah Virgin: Virginity of, Bewailed Vows: Rash by Jephthah Woman: Young: Not to be Given in Marriage Considered a Calamity Women: Not to be Given in Marriage Was Considered a Calamity