Judges 11:40
King James Version (KJV)
That the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.
In context
38 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.
39 And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned unto her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed: and she knew no man. And it was a custom in Israel,
40 That the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.
Judges 11:40 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- That the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.
- WEB World English Bible
- that the daughters of Israel went yearly to celebrate the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- that each year the young women of Israel go out for four days to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite.
- ASV American Standard Version
- that the daughters of Israel went yearly to celebrate the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- from time to time the daughters of Israel go to talk to the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite, four days in a year.
- DBY Darby Translation
- that from year to year the daughters of Israel go to celebrate the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in the year.
- WBS Webster Bible
- That the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.