Jephthah’s Tragic Vow
Judges 11:40
In 11 translations
- BSB
- that each year the young women of Israel go out for four days to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite.
- KJV
- That the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.yearly: Heb. from year to yearto lament: or, to talk with
- WEB
- that the daughters of Israel went yearly to celebrate the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.
- ASV
- that the daughters of Israel went yearly to celebrate the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.
- LSV
- from time to time the daughters of Israel go to talk to the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite, four days in a year.
- YLT
- from time to time the daughters of Israel go to talk to the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite, four days in a year.
- DBY
- that from year to year the daughters of Israel go to celebrate the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in the year.
- DRC
- That from year to year the daughters of Israel assemble together, and lament the daughter of Jephte the Galaadite for four days.
- GNV
- The daughters of Israel went yere by yere to lament the daughter of Iphtah the Gileadite, foure dayes in a yeere.
- JPS
- that the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.
- LXXE
- and it was an ordinance in Israel, That the daughters of Israel went from year to year to bewail the daughter of Jephthae the Galaadite for four days in a year.Period of days, i. e. year.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- מִיָּמִ֣ים ׀ יָמִ֗ימָה תֵּלַ֨כְנָה֙ בְּנ֣וֹת יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לְתַנּ֕וֹת לְבַת־יִפְתָּ֖ח הַגִּלְעָדִ֑י אַרְבַּ֥עַת יָמִ֖ים בַּשָּׁנָֽה׃
- LXX-Br
- Ἀπὸ ἡμερῶν εἰς ἡμέρας ἐπορεύοντο θυγατέρες Ἰσραὴλ θρηνεῖν τὴν θυγατέρα Ἰεφθάε τοῦ Γαλααδίτου ἐπὶ τέσσαρας ἡμέρας ἐν τῷ ἐνιαυτῷ.
Who and where
👤 Jephthah◆ Deliverance by Jephthah
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Cross-references most cited first
- Judges 5:11the voices of the singers at the watering places. There they shall recount the righteous acts of the LORD, the righteous deeds of His villagers in Israel. Then the people of the LORD went down to the gates:
- 1 Kings 9:25Three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar he had built for the LORD, burning incense with them before the LORD. So he completed the temple.
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