She conceived and bore a son, and said, “God has taken away my reproach”;
Judges 11:37 - New Revised Standard Version 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.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And she said to her father, Let this thing be done for me; let me alone two months, that I may go and wander 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. Common English Bible Then she said to her father, “Let this one thing be done for me: hold off for two months and let me and my friends wander the hills in sadness, crying over the fact that I never had children.” Catholic Public Domain Version And she said to her father: "Grant to me this one thing, which I request. Permit me, that I may wander the hillsides for two months, and that I may mourn my virginity with my companions." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And she said to her father: Grant me only this which I desire: Let me go, that I may go about the mountains for two months, and may bewail my virginity with my companions. |
She conceived and bore a son, and said, “God has taken away my reproach”;
“This is what the Lord has done for me when he looked favorably on me and took away the disgrace I have endured among my people.”
“Go,” he said and sent her away for two months. So she departed, she and her companions, and bewailed her virginity on the mountains.
Her rival used to provoke her severely, to irritate her, because the Lord had closed her womb.