Judges 11:37

KJV1611 – Modern English

And she said to 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 companions.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    She also said to her father, 'Let me do this one thing: Allow me two months to roam the hills and weep with my friends because I will never marry.'

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And she said{H559} unto her father,{H1} Let this thing{H1697} be done{H6213} for me: let me alone{H7503} two{H8147} months,{H2320} that I may depart{H3212} and go down{H3381} upon the mountains,{H2022} and bewail{H1058} my virginity,{H1331} I and my companions.{H7464}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And she said{H559}{(H8799)} unto her father{H1}, Let this thing{H1697} be done{H6213}{(H8735)} for me: let me alone{H7503}{(H8685)} two{H8147} months{H2320}, that I may go up{H3212}{(H8799)} and down{H3381}{(H8804)} upon the mountains{H2022}, and bewail{H1058}{(H8799)} my virginity{H1331}, I and my fellows{H7464}{(H8675)}{H7474}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And she sayde vnto hir father: Do this for me, geue me leue to go downe vpo the mountaynes two monethes, that I maye bewepe my virginite with my playfeeres.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Also she saide vnto her father, Doe thus much for me: suffer me two moneths, that I may goe to the mountaines, and bewaile my virginitie, I and my fellowes.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And she sayd vnto her father, Do this much for me: Let me alone two monethes, that I may go to the mountaynes and bewayle my virginite, I and my felowes.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    She said to her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may depart and go down on the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my companions.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And she saith unto her father, `Let this thing be done to me; desist from me two months, and I go on, and have gone down on the hills, and I weep for my virginity -- I and my friends.'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may depart and go down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my companions.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may depart and go down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my companions.

  • 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.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    She said to her father, "Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may depart and go down on the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my companions."

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    She then said to her father,“Please grant me this one wish. For two months allow me to walk through the hills with my friends and mourn my virginity.”

Referenced Verses

  • Luke 1:25 : 25 Thus the Lord has dealt with me in the days when He looked on me, to take away my reproach among people.
  • 1 Sam 1:6 : 6 And her rival also provoked her severely, to make her fret, because the LORD had closed her womb.

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