Translations
Modern
“Go,” he said. And he sent her away for two months. So she left with her friends and mourned her virginity upon the mountains.
Traditional
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.
Literal
And he said, “Go.” And he sent her away for two months. And she went, and her friends, and wept for her virginity on the mountains.
Latin
Cui ille respondit: Vade. Et dimisit eam duobus mensibus. Cumque abiisset cum sociis ac sodalibus suis, flebat virginitatem suam in montibus.
Original
Hebrew
English
“Go,” he said. And he sent her away for two months. So she left with her friends and mourned her virginity upon the mountains.
Notes
Theme notes and profiles
Events
Glossary
Family Life and Relations Gilead (Place) Jephthah Judges, Book of Mizpah Palestine
Topics
Consecration: Jephthah, of his Daughter God: Preserver: Under Jephthah Jephthah: His Rash Vow Concerning Bis Daughter Marriage: Celibacy Deplored Marriage: The Jews: Considered Being Debarred From, a Cause of Grief Rashness: Jephthah's Vow Religious Zeal: Jephthah Virgin: Virginity of, Bewailed Vows: Rash by Jephthah