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Selected Verse: Judges 11:34 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
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| Jud 11:34 |
Strong Concordance |
And Jephthah [03316] came [0935] to Mizpeh [04709] unto his house [01004], and, behold, his daughter [01323] came out [03318] to meet [07125] him with timbrels [08596] and with dances [04246]: and she was his only child [03173]; beside her he had neither son [01121] nor [0176] daughter [01323]. |
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King James |
And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances--The return of the victors was hailed, as usual, by the joyous acclaim of a female band (Sa1 18:6), the leader of whom was Jephthah's daughter. The vow was full in his mind, and it is evident that it had not been communicated to anyone, otherwise precautions would doubtless have been taken to place another object at his door. The shriek, and other accompaniments of irrepressible grief, seem to indicate that her life was to be forfeited as a sacrifice; the nature of the sacrifice (which was abhorrent to the character of God) and distance from the tabernacle does not suffice to overturn this view, which the language and whole strain of the narrative plainly support; and although the lapse of two months might be supposed to have afforded time for reflection, and a better sense of his duty, there is but too much reason to conclude that he was impelled to the fulfilment by the dictates of a pious but unenlightened conscience. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| His daughter came out to meet him - The precise phrase of his vow Jdg 11:31. She was his "only child," a term of special endearment (see Jer 6:26; Zac 12:10). The same word is used of Isaac Gen 22:2, Gen 22:12, Gen 22:16. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| Jephthah's Vow. - Jdg 11:34, Jdg 11:35. When the victorious hero returned to Mizpeh, his daughter came out to meet him "with timbrels and in dances," i.e., at the head of a company of women, who received the conqueror with joyous music and dances (see at Exo 15:20): "and she was the only one; he had neither son nor daughter beside her." ממּנּוּ cannot mean ex se, no other child of his own, though he may have had children that his wives had brought him by other husbands; but it stands, as the great Masora has pointed it, for ממּנּה, "besides her," the daughter just mentioned-the masculine being used for the feminine as the nearest and more general gender, simply because the idea of "child" was floating before the author's mind. At such a meeting Jephthah was violently agitated. Tearing his clothes (as a sign of his intense agony; see at Lev 10:6), he exclaimed, "O my daughter! thou hast brought me very low; it is thou who troublest me" (lit. thou art among those who trouble me, thou belongest to their class, and indeed in the fullest sense of the word; this is the meaning of the so-called בּ essentiae: see Ges. Lehrgeb. p. 838, and such passages as Sa2 15:31; Psa 54:6; Psa 55:19, etc.): "I have opened my mouth to the Lord (i.e., have uttered a vow to Him: compare Psa 66:14 with Num 30:3., Deu 23:23-24), and cannot turn it," i.e., revoke it. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| His daughter - In concert with other virgins, as the manner was. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| With timbrels and with dances - From this instance we find it was an ancient custom for women to go out to meet returning conquerors with musical instruments, songs, and dances; and that it was continued afterwards is evident from the instance given Sa1 18:6, where David was met, on his return from the defeat of Goliath and the Philistines, by women from all the cities of Israel, with singing and dancing, and various instruments of music. |
6 And it came to pass as they came [0935], when David [01732] was returned [07725] from the slaughter [05221] of the Philistine [06430], that the women [0802] came out [03318] of all cities [05892] of Israel [03478], singing [07891] and dancing [04246], to meet [07125] king [04428] Saul [07586], with tabrets [08596], with joy [08057], and with instruments of musick [07991].
16 And said [0559], By myself have I sworn [07650], saith [05002] the LORD [03068], for because [03282] [0834] thou hast done [06213] this thing [01697], and hast not [03808] withheld [02820] thy son [01121], thine only [03173] son:
12 And he said [0559], Lay [07971] not thine hand [03027] upon [0413] the lad [05288], neither do thou [06213] any thing [03972] unto him: for now [06258] I know [03045] that thou fearest [03373] God [0430], seeing thou hast not [03808] withheld [02820] thy son [01121], thine only [03173] son from me.
2 And he said [0559], Take now [03947] thy son [01121], thine only [03173] son Isaac [03327], whom thou lovest [0157], and get thee [03212] into the land [0776] of Moriah [04179]; and offer him [05927] there for a burnt offering [05930] upon one [0259] of the mountains [02022] which I will tell [0559] thee of.
10 And I will pour [08210] upon the house [01004] of David [01732], and upon the inhabitants [03427] of Jerusalem [03389], the spirit [07307] of grace [02580] and of supplications [08469]: and they shall look [05027] upon me whom they have pierced [01856], and they shall mourn [04553] for him, as one mourneth [05594] for his only [03173] son, and shall be in bitterness [04843] for him, as one that is in bitterness [04843] for his firstborn [01060].
26 O daughter [01323] of my people [05971], gird [02296] thee with sackcloth [08242], and wallow [06428] thyself in ashes [0665]: make [06213] thee mourning [060], as for an only son [03173], most bitter [08563] lamentation [04553]: for the spoiler [07703] shall suddenly [06597] come [0935] upon us.
31 Then it shall be, that whatsoever [03318] cometh forth [03318] of the doors [01817] of my house [01004] to meet [07125] me, when I return [07725] in peace [07965] from the children [01121] of Ammon [05983], shall surely be the LORD'S [03068], and I will offer it up [05927] for a burnt offering [05930].
23 That which is gone out [04161] of thy lips [08193] thou shalt keep [08104] and perform [06213]; even a freewill offering [05071], according as thou hast vowed [05087] unto the LORD [03068] thy God [0430], which thou hast promised [01696] with thy mouth [06310].
24 When thou comest [0935] into thy neighbour's [07453] vineyard [03754], then thou mayest eat [0398] grapes [06025] thy fill [07648] at thine own pleasure [05315]; but thou shalt not put [05414] any in thy vessel [03627].
3 If a woman [0802] also vow [05087] a vow [05088] unto the LORD [03068], and bind [0631] herself by a bond [0632], being in her father's [01] house [01004] in her youth [05271];
14 Which my lips [08193] have uttered [06475], and my mouth [06310] hath spoken [01696], when I was in trouble [06862].
19 God [0410] shall hear [08085], and afflict [06030] them, even he that abideth [03427] of old [06924]. Selah [05542]. Because they have no changes [02487], therefore they fear [03372] not God [0430].
6 I will freely [05071] sacrifice [02076] unto thee: I will praise [03034] thy name [08034], O LORD [03068]; for it is good [02896].
31 And one told [05046] David [01732], saying [0559], Ahithophel [0302] is among the conspirators [07194] with Absalom [053]. And David [01732] said [0559], O LORD [03068], I pray thee, turn the counsel [06098] of Ahithophel [0302] into foolishness [05528].
6 And Moses [04872] said [0559] unto Aaron [0175], and unto Eleazar [0499] and unto Ithamar [0385], his sons [01121], Uncover [06544] not your heads [07218], neither rend [06533] your clothes [0899]; lest ye die [04191], and lest wrath [07107] come upon all the people [05712]: but let your brethren [0251], the whole house [01004] of Israel [03478], bewail [01058] the burning [08316] which the LORD [03068] hath kindled [08313].
20 And Miriam [04813] the prophetess [05031], the sister [0269] of Aaron [0175], took [03947] a timbrel [08596] in her hand [03027]; and all the women [0802] went out [03318] after [0310] her with timbrels [08596] and with dances [04246].
35 And it came to pass, when he saw [07200] her, that he rent [07167] his clothes [0899], and said [0559], Alas [0162], my daughter [01323]! thou hast brought [03766] me very [03766] low [03766], and thou art one of them that trouble [05916] me: for I have opened [06475] my mouth [06310] unto the LORD [03068], and I cannot [03201] go back [07725].
34 And Jephthah [03316] came [0935] to Mizpeh [04709] unto his house [01004], and, behold, his daughter [01323] came out [03318] to meet [07125] him with timbrels [08596] and with dances [04246]: and she was his only child [03173]; beside her he had neither son [01121] nor [0176] daughter [01323].
6 And it came to pass as they came [0935], when David [01732] was returned [07725] from the slaughter [05221] of the Philistine [06430], that the women [0802] came out [03318] of all cities [05892] of Israel [03478], singing [07891] and dancing [04246], to meet [07125] king [04428] Saul [07586], with tabrets [08596], with joy [08057], and with instruments of musick [07991].