Verse 34

Judges 11:34

Young's Literal Translation

34 And Jephthah cometh into Mizpeh, unto his house, and lo, his daughter is coming out to meet him with timbrels, and with choruses, and save her alone, he hath none, son or daughter.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יָּבֹ֨א יִפְתָּ֣ח הַ/מִּצְפָּה֮ אֶל בֵּית/וֹ֒ וְ/הִנֵּ֤ה בִתּ/וֹ֙ יֹצֵ֣את לִ/קְרָאת֔/וֹ בְ/תֻפִּ֖ים וּ/בִ/מְחֹל֑וֹת וְ/רַק֙ הִ֣יא יְחִידָ֔ה אֵֽין ל֥/וֹ מִמֶּ֛/נּוּ בֵּ֖ן אוֹ בַֽת
English Translation
And Jephthah came to Mishpah to his house, and behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances; and she was his only child; he had no son or daughter besides her.
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Chapter 11 Context
1 And Jephthah the Gileadite hath been a mighty man of valour, and he [is] son of a woman, a harlot; a... Focus ↗
2 and the wife of Gilead beareth to him sons, and the wife's sons grow up and cast out Jephthah, and s... Focus ↗
3 And Jephthah fleeth from the face of his brethren, and dwelleth in the land of Tob; and vain men gat... Focus ↗
4 And it cometh to pass, after a time, that the Bene-Ammon fight with Israel, Focus ↗
5 and it cometh to pass, when the Bene-Ammon have fought with Israel, that the elders of Gilead go to... Focus ↗
6 and they say unto Jephthah, 'Come, and thou hast been to us for captain, and we fight against the Be... Focus ↗
7 And Jephthah saith to the elders of Gilead, 'Have not ye hated me? and ye cast me out from the house... Focus ↗
8 and the elders of Gilead say unto Jephthah, 'Therefore, now, we have turned back unto thee; and thou... Focus ↗
9 And Jephthah saith unto the elders of Gilead, 'If ye are taking me back to fight against the Bene-Am... Focus ↗
10 And the elders of Gilead say unto Jephthah, 'Jehovah is hearkening between us -- if according to thy... Focus ↗
11 And Jephthah goeth with the elders of Gilead, and the people set him over them for head and for capt... Focus ↗
12 And Jephthah sendeth messengers unto the king of the Bene-Ammon, saying, 'What -- to me and to thee,... Focus ↗
13 And the king of the Bene-Ammon saith unto the messengers of Jephthah, 'Because Israel took my land i... Focus ↗
14 And Jephthah addeth yet and sendeth messengers unto the king of the Bene-Ammon, Focus ↗
15 and saith to him, 'Thus said Jephthah, Israel took not the land of Moab, and the land of the Bene-Am... Focus ↗
16 for in their coming up out of Egypt, Israel goeth in the wilderness unto the Red Sea, and cometh in... Focus ↗
17 and Israel sendeth messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let me pass over, I pray thee, through... Focus ↗
18 and he goeth through the wilderness, and compasseth the land of Edom and the land of Moab, and comet... Focus ↗
19 'And Israel sendeth messengers unto Sihon, king of the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and Israel saith to... Focus ↗
20 and Sihon hath not trusted Israel to pass over through his border, and Sihon gathereth all his peopl... Focus ↗
21 and Jehovah, God (Elohim) of Israel, giveth Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and th... Focus ↗
22 and they possess all the border of the Amorite from Arnon, and unto the Jabbok, and from the wildern... Focus ↗
23 'And now, Jehovah, God (Elohim) of Israel, hath dispossessed the Amorite from the presence of His pe... Focus ↗
24 That which Chemosh thy god causeth thee to possess -- dost thou not possess it? and all that which J... Focus ↗
25 'And now, [art] thou at all better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he at all strive with... Focus ↗
26 In Israel's dwelling in Heshbon and in its towns, and in Aroer and in its towns, and in all the citi... Focus ↗
27 And I -- I have not sinned against thee, and thou art doing with me evil -- to fight against me. Jeh... Focus ↗
28 And the king of the Bene-Ammon hath not hearkened unto the words of Jephthah which he sent unto him, Focus ↗
29 and the Spirit of Jehovah is on Jephthah, and he passeth over Gilead and Manasseh, and passeth over... Focus ↗
30 And Jephthah voweth a vow to Jehovah, and saith, 'If Thou dost at all give the Bene-Ammon into my ha... Focus ↗
31 then it hath been, that which at all cometh out from the doors of my house to meet me in my turning... Focus ↗
32 And Jephthah passeth over unto the Bene-Ammon to fight against them, and Jehovah giveth them into hi... Focus ↗
33 and he smiteth them from Aroer, and unto thy going in to Minnith, twenty cities, and unto the meadow... Focus ↗
34 And Jephthah cometh into Mizpeh, unto his house, and lo, his daughter is coming out to meet him with...
35 And it cometh to pass, when he seeth her, that he rendeth his garments, and saith, 'Alas, my daughte... Focus ↗
36 And she saith unto him, 'My father -- thou hast opened thy mouth unto Jehovah, do to me as it hath g... Focus ↗
37 And she saith unto her father, 'Let this thing be done to me; desist from me two months, and I go on... Focus ↗
38 And he saith, 'Go;' and he sendeth her away two months, and she goeth, she and her friends, and she... Focus ↗
39 and it cometh to pass at the end of two months that she turneth back unto her father, and he doth to... Focus ↗
40 from time to time the daughters of Israel go to talk to the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite, four... Focus ↗