Judges 11:37

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Then she said to her father, Only do this for me: let me have two months to go away into the mountains with my friends, weeping for my sad fate.

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Referenced Verses

  • Luke 1:25 : 25 The Lord has done this to me, for his eyes were on me, to take away my shame in the eyes of men.
  • 1 Sam 1:6 : 6 And the other wife did everything possible to make her unhappy, because the Lord had not let her have children;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Judg 11:38-40
    3 verses
    93%

    38 And he said, Go then. So he sent her away for two months; and she went with her friends to the mountains, weeping for her sad fate.

    39 And at the end of two months she went back to her father, who did with her as he had said in his oath: and she had never been touched by a man. So it became a rule in Israel,

    40 For the women to go year by year sorrowing for the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite, four days in every year.

  • Judg 11:35-36
    2 verses
    83%

    35 And when he saw her he was overcome with grief, and said, Ah! my daughter! I am crushed with sorrow, and it is you who are the chief cause of my trouble; for I have made an oath to the Lord and I may not take it back.

    36 And she said to him, My father, you have made an oath to the Lord; do then to me whatever you have said; for the Lord has sent a full reward on your haters, on the children of Ammon.

  • Judg 19:2-3
    2 verses
    75%

    2 And his servant-wife was angry with him, and went away from him to her father's house at Beth-lehem-judah, and was there for four months.

    3 Then her husband got up and went after her, with the purpose of talking kindly to her, and taking her back with him; he had with him his young man and two asses: and she took him into her father's house, and her father, when he saw him, came forward to him with joy.

  • Deut 21:13
    74%

    13 And let her take off the dress in which she was made prisoner and go on living in your house and weeping for her father and mother for a full month: and after that you may go in to her and be her husband and she will be your wife.

  • Ruth 1:12-13
    2 verses
    73%

    12 Go back, my daughters, and go on your way; I am so old now that I may not have another husband. If I said, I have hopes, if I had a husband tonight, and might have sons,

    13 Would you keep yourselves till they were old enough? would you keep from having husbands for them? No, my daughters; but I am very sad for you that the hand of the Lord is against me.

  • Josh 2:16
    72%

    16 And she said to them, Get away into the hill-country, or the men who have gone after you will overtake you; keep yourselves safe there for three days, till the searchers have come back, and then go on your way.

  • Gen 38:19
    71%

    19 Then she got up and went away and took off her veil and put on her widow's clothing.

  • Gen 24:55
    71%

    55 But her brother and her mother said, Let the girl be with us a week or ten days, and then she may go.

  • 2 Sam 13:12-13
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    70%

    12 And answering him, she said, O my brother, do not put shame on me; it is not right for such a thing to be done in Israel: do not this evil thing.

    13 What will become of me in my shame? and as for you, you will be looked down on with disgust by all Israel. Now then, go and make your request to the king, for he will not keep me from you.

  • 1 Sam 1:10-11
    2 verses
    70%

    10 And with grief in her soul, weeping bitterly, she made her prayer to the Lord.

    11 And she made an oath, and said, O Lord of armies, if you will truly take note of the sorrow of your servant, not turning away from me but keeping me in mind, and will give me a man-child, then I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and his hair will never be cut.

  • Judg 15:2
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    2 And her father said, It seemed to me that you had only hate for her; so I gave her to your friend: but is not her younger sister fairer than she? so please take her in place of the other.

  • Deut 22:14
    70%

    14 And says evil things about her and gives her a bad name, saying, I took this woman, and when I had connection with her it was clear to me that she was not a virgin:

  • Ruth 1:18
    70%

    18 And when she saw that Ruth was strong in her purpose to go with her she said no more.

  • Gen 38:16-17
    2 verses
    69%

    16 And turning to her by the roadside, he said to her, Let me come in to you; for he had no idea that she was his daughter-in-law. And she said, What will you give me as my price?

    17 And he said, I will give you a young goat from the flock. And she said, What will you give me as a sign till you send it?

  • 1 Sam 1:22-23
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    69%

    22 But Hannah did not go, for she said to her husband, I will not go till the child has been taken from the breast, and then I will take him with me and put him before the Lord, where he may be for ever.

    23 And her husband Elkanah said to her, Do whatever seems right to you, but not till you have taken him from the breast; only may the Lord do as he has said. So the woman, waiting there, gave her son milk till he was old enough to be taken from the breast.

  • Judg 14:17
    69%

    17 And all the seven days of the feast she went on weeping over him; and on the seventh day he gave her the answer, because she gave him no peace; and she sent word of it to the children of her people.

  • Hos 3:3
    69%

    3 And I said to her, You are to be mine for a long space of time; you are not to be false to me, and no other man is to have you for his wife; and so will I be to you.

  • Deut 22:20-21
    2 verses
    69%

    20 But if what he has said is true, and she is seen to be not a virgin,

    21 Then they are to make the girl come to the door of her father's house and she will be stoned to death by the men of the town, because she has done evil and put shame on Israel, by acting as a loose woman in her father's house: so you are to put away evil from among you.

  • Deut 22:17
    69%

    17 And now he has put shame on her, saying that she is not a virgin; but here is the sign that she is a virgin. Then they are to put her clothing before the responsible men of the town.

  • Hos 2:3
    68%

    3 For fear that I may take away her robe from her, making her uncovered as in the day of her birth; making her like a waste place and a dry land, causing her death through need of water.

  • Joel 1:8
    68%

    8 Make sounds of grief like a virgin dressed in haircloth for the husband of her early years.

  • Judg 19:8-9
    2 verses
    68%

    8 Then early on the morning of the fifth day he got up to go away; but the girl's father said, Keep up your strength; so the two of them had a meal, and the man and his woman and his servant did not go till after the middle of the day.

    9 And when they got up to go away, his father-in-law, the girl's father, said to him, Now evening is coming on, so do not go tonight; see, the day is almost gone; take your rest here and let your heart be glad, and tomorrow early, go on your way back to your house.

  • Judg 19:28
    68%

    28 And he said to her, Get up and let us be going; but there was no answer; so he took her up and put her on the ass, and went on his way and came to his house.

  • Num 30:3
    68%

    3 When a man takes an oath to the Lord, or gives an undertaking having the force of an oath, let him not go back from his word, but let him do whatever he has said he will do.

  • Deut 22:27
    68%

    27 For he came across her in the open country, and there was no one to come to the help of the virgin in answer to her cry.

  • 1 Sam 1:18
    68%

    18 And she said, May your servant have grace in your eyes. So the woman went away, and took part in the feast, and her face was no longer sad.

  • Gen 24:37
    68%

    37 And my master made me take an oath, saying, Do not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am living;

  • Ruth 1:7
    68%

    7 And she went out of the place where she was, and her two daughters-in-law with her; and they went on their way to go back to the land of Judah.

  • Josh 2:21
    68%

    21 And she said, Let it be as you say. Then she sent them away, and they went; and she put the bright red cord in the window.

  • Judg 19:24
    68%

    24 See, here is my daughter, a virgin, and his servant-wife: I will send them out for you to take them and do with them whatever you will. But do no such thing of shame to this man.

  • Ruth 3:16
    68%

    16 And when she came back her mother-in-law said to her, How did it go with you, my daughter? And she gave her an account of all the man had done to her.

  • Gen 31:35
    68%

    35 And she said to her father, Let not my lord be angry because I do not get up before you, for I am in the common condition of women. And with all his searching, he did not come across the images.

  • 1 Sam 1:16
    68%

    16 Do not take your servant to be a good-for-nothing woman: for my words have come from my stored-up sorrow and pain.

  • 2 Sam 13:16
    67%

    16 And she said to him, Not so, my brother, for this great wrong in sending me away is worse than what you did to me before. But he gave no attention to her.

  • 2 Kgs 4:23
    67%

    23 And he said, Why are you going to him today? it is not a new moon or a Sabbath. But she said, It is well.

  • Gen 38:14
    67%

    14 She took off her widow's clothing, and covering herself with her veil, she took her seat near Enaim on the road to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was now a man, but she had not been made his wife.

  • 2 Kgs 8:3
    67%

    3 And when the seven years were ended, the woman came back from the land of the Philistines and went to the king with a request for her house and her land.

  • Ruth 3:11
    67%

    11 And now, my daughter, have no fear; I will do for you whatever you say: for it is clear to all my townspeople that you are a woman of virtue.