Catholic Public Domain Version
"such that, after each year passes, the daughters of Israel convene as one, and they lament the daughter of Jephthah, the Gileadite, for four days. "
— Judges 11:40, Catholic Public Domain Version
“That the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year. ”
“that the daughters of Israel went yearly to celebrate the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year. ”
“that the daughters of Israel went yearly to celebrate the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.”
“Every year Israelite women commemorate the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite for four days.”
“That, from year to year, the daughters of Israel assemble together, and lament the daughter of Jephte the Galaadite, for four days. ”
“For the women to go year by year sorrowing for the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite, four days in every year.”
“That the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year. ”
And she said to her father: “Grant to me this one thing, which I request. Permit me, that I may wander the hillsides for two months, and that I may mourn my virginity with my companions.”
And he answered her, “Go.” And he released her for two months. And when she had departed with her friends and companions, she wept over her virginity in the hillsides.
And when the two months expired, she returned to her father, and he did to her just as he had vowed, though she knew no man. From this, the custom grew up in Israel, and the practice has been preserved,
such that, after each year passes, the daughters of Israel convene as one, and they lament the daughter of Jephthah, the Gileadite, for four days.