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.”
Parallel translations
- WEB She said to her father, “Let this thing be done for me. Leave me alone two months, that I may depart and go down on the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my companions.”
- KJV 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.
- NKJV Then she said to her father, “Let this thing be done for me: let me alone for two months, that I may go and wander on the mountains and bewail my virginity, my friends and I.”
- NASB And she said to her father, “Let this thing be done for me; allow me two months, so that I may go to the mountains and weep because of my virginity, I and my friends.”
- NLT But first let me do this one thing: Let me go up and roam in the hills and weep with my friends for two months, because I will die a virgin.”
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Quick answer
She asks only for two months to mourn her virginity with her companions in the mountains. Her sorrow centers on dying childless.
Overview
In Israel, bearing children carried covenant significance, so to die unmarried and childless was a deep grief, ending her family line and hopes. Her request frames the heart of the tragedy and prepares for the debate over the vow's outcome. It highlights how sin and folly in Judges repeatedly cut short Israel's joy and future.
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