Judges 11:31,39
Judges 11:29-31 The Message (MSG)
GOD’s Spirit came upon Jephthah. He went across Gilead and Manasseh, went through Mizpah of Gilead, and from there approached the Ammonites. Jephthah made a vow before GOD: “If you give me a clear victory over the Ammonites, then I’ll give to GOD whatever comes out of the door of my house to meet me when I return in one piece from among the Ammonites—I’ll offer it up in a sacrificial burnt offering.”
Judges 11:38-39a The Message (MSG)
“Oh yes, go,” he said. He sent her off for two months. She and her dear girlfriends went among the hills, lamenting that she would never marry. At the end of the two months, she came back to her father. He fulfilled the vow with her that he had made. She had never slept with a man. * * *
Judges 11:31 King James Version (KJV)
then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the LORD's, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.
Judges 11:39 King James Version (KJV)
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
Judges 11:31 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
then it shall be that whatever comes out of the doors of my house to meet me when I return in peace from the sons of Ammon, it shall be the LORD’S, and I will offer it up as a burnt offering.”
Judges 11:39 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
At the end of two months she returned to her father, who did to her according to the vow which he had made; and she had no relations with a man. Thus it became a custom in Israel
Judges 11:31 New Century Version (NCV)
I will give you as a burnt offering the first thing that comes out of my house to meet me when I return from the victory. It will be the LORD’s.”
Judges 11:39 New Century Version (NCV)
After two months she returned to her father, and Jephthah did to her what he had promised. Jephthah’s daughter never had a husband. From this came a custom in Israel that
Judges 11:31 American Standard Version (ASV)
then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth from the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, it shall be Jehovah’s, and I will offer it up for a burnt-offering.
Judges 11:39 American Standard Version (ASV)
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 not man. And it was a custom in Israel
Judges 11:31 New International Version (NIV)
whatever comes out of the door of my house to meet me when I return in triumph from the Ammonites will be the LORD’s, and I will sacrifice it as a burnt offering.”
Judges 11:39 New International Version (NIV)
After the two months, she returned to her father, and he did to her as he had vowed. And she was a virgin. From this comes the Israelite tradition
Judges 11:31 New King James Version (NKJV)
then it will be that whatever comes out of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the people of Ammon, shall surely be the LORD’s, and I will offer it up as a burnt offering.”
Judges 11:39 New King James Version (NKJV)
And it was so at the end of two months that she returned to her father, and he carried out his vow with her which he had vowed. She knew no man. And it became a custom in Israel
Judges 11:31 Amplified Bible (AMP)
then whatever comes out of the doors of my house to meet me when I return in peace from the Ammonites, it shall be the LORD’S, and I will offer it up as a burnt offering.”
Judges 11:39 Amplified Bible (AMP)
At the end of two months she returned to her father, who did to her as he had vowed; and she had no relations with a man. It became a custom in Israel
Judges 11:31 New Living Translation (NLT)
I will give to the LORD whatever comes out of my house to meet me when I return in triumph. I will sacrifice it as a burnt offering.”
Judges 11:39 New Living Translation (NLT)
When she returned home, her father kept the vow he had made, and she died a virgin. So it has become a custom in Israel
Judges 11:31 The Passion Translation (TPT)
I will offer up to you as a burnt offering the first thing that comes out of my house to greet me when I return in victory. I will sacrifice that one as an offering to you.”
Judges 11:39 The Passion Translation (TPT)
After two months, she returned to her father, and Jephthah fulfilled his vow to YAHWEH. His daughter died still a virgin. (This was the origin of the custom in Israel