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36 She said to him, “My father, you made an oath[a] to Yahweh. Do to me according to what has gone out from your mouth, since Yahweh gave vengeance to you against your enemies, the Ammonites.”[b] 37 And she said to her father, “Let this thing be done for me: grant me two months so that I may go wander[c] on the mountains and lament over my virginity, I and my companions. 38 And he said, “Go.” He sent her away for two months, and she went with her friends, and she lamented over her virginity on the mountains.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 11:36 Literally “you have opened wide your mouth”
  2. Judges 11:36 Literally “sons/children of Ammon”
  3. Judges 11:37 Hebrew “down”