Judges 11:40
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“that each year the young women of Israel go out for four days to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite.”
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“that each year the young women of Israel go out for four days to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“That the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.”
King James Version · Public Domain“that the daughters of Israel went yearly to celebrate the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“from time to time the daughters of Israel go to talk to the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite, four days in a year.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Judges 11:40 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Judges 5:11the voices of the singers at the watering places. There they shall recount the righteous acts of the LORD, the righteous deeds of His villagers in Israel. Then the people of the LORD went down to the gates:
- 1 Kings 9:25Three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar he had built for the LORD, burning incense with them before the LORD. So he completed the temple.
- 2 Chronicles 35:25Then Jeremiah lamented over Josiah, and to this day all the choirs of men and women sing laments over Josiah. They established them as a statute for Israel, and indeed they are written in the Book of Laments.
- Esther 9:27the Jews bound themselves to establish the custom that they and their descendants and all who join them should not fail to celebrate these two days at the appointed time each and every year, according to their regulation.
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