O you who dwell in the gardens, my companions are listening for your voice; let me hear it.
Judges 11:38 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 “Go,” he said, and he sent her away for two months. So she departed, she and her companions, and bewailed her virginity on the mountains. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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. American Standard Version (1901) And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and she departed, she and her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains. Common English Bible “Go,” he responded, and he sent her away for two months. She and her friends walked on the hills and cried because she would never have children. Catholic Public Domain Version And he answered her, "Go." And he released her for two months. And when she had departed with her friends and companions, she wept over her virginity in the hillsides. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he answered her: Go. And he sent her away for two months. And when she was gone with her comrades and companions, she mourned her virginity in the mountains. |
O you who dwell in the gardens, my companions are listening for your voice; let me hear it.
And she said to her father, “Let this thing be done for me: grant me two months, so that I may go and wander on the mountains and bewail my virginity, my companions and I.”
At the end of two months, she returned to her father, who did with her according to the vow he had made. She had never slept with a man. So there arose an Israelite custom that