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World English Bible

Judges 11 (WEBP)

[1] Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor. He was the son of a prostitute. Gilead became the father of Jephthah.
[2] Gilead’s wife bore him sons. When his wife’s sons grew up, they drove Jephthah out and said to him, “You will not inherit in our father’s house, for you are the son of another woman.”
[3] Then Jephthah fled from his brothers and lived in the land of Tob. Outlaws joined up with Jephthah, and they went out with him.
[4] After a while, the children of Ammon made war against Israel.
[5] When the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah out of the land of Tob.
[6] They said to Jephthah, “Come and be our chief, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.”
[7] Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, “Didn’t you hate me, and drive me out of my father’s house? Why have you come to me now when you are in distress?”
[8] The elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “Therefore we have turned again to you now, that you may go with us and fight with the children of Ammon. You will be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.”
[9] Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, “If you bring me home again to fight with the children of Ammon, and Yahweh delivers them before me, will I be your head?”
[10] The elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “Yahweh will be witness between us. Surely we will do what you say.”
[11] Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and chief over them. Jephthah spoke all his words before Yahweh in Mizpah.
[12] Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the children of Ammon, saying, “What do you have to do with me, that you have come to me to fight against my land?”
[13] The king of the children of Ammon answered the messengers of Jephthah, “Because Israel took away my land when he came up out of Egypt, from the Arnon even to the Jabbok, and to the Jordan. Now therefore restore that territory again peaceably.”
[14] Jephthah sent messengers again to the king of the children of Ammon;
[15] and he said to him, “Jephthah says: Israel didn’t take away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon;
[16] but when they came up from Egypt, and Israel went through the wilderness to the Red Sea, and came to Kadesh,
[17] then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, ‘Please let me pass through your land;’ but the king of Edom didn’t listen. In the same way, he sent to the king of Moab, but he refused; so Israel stayed in Kadesh.
[18] Then they went through the wilderness, and went around the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and they encamped on the other side of the Arnon; but they didn’t come within the border of Moab, for the Arnon was the border of Moab.
[19] Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon; and Israel said to him, ‘Please let us pass through your land to my place.’
[20] But Sihon didn’t trust Israel to pass through his border; but Sihon gathered all his people together, and encamped in Jahaz, and fought against Israel.
[21] Yahweh, the God of Israel, delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they struck them. So Israel possessed all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country.
[22] They possessed all the border of the Amorites, from the Arnon even to the Jabbok, and from the wilderness even to the Jordan.
[23] So now Yahweh, the God of Israel, has dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and should you possess them?
[24] Won’t you possess that which Chemosh your god gives you to possess? So whoever Yahweh our God has dispossessed from before us, them will we possess.
[25] Now are you anything better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them?
[26] Israel lived in Heshbon and its towns, and in Aroer and its towns, and in all the cities that are along the side of the Arnon for three hundred years! Why didn’t you recover them within that time?
[27] Therefore I have not sinned against you, but you do me wrong to war against me. May Yahweh the Judge be judge today between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon.”
[28] However, the king of the children of Ammon didn’t listen to the words of Jephthah which he sent him.
[29] Then Yahweh’s Spirit came on Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpah of Gilead, and from Mizpah of Gilead he passed over to the children of Ammon.
[30] Jephthah vowed a vow to Yahweh, and said, “If you will indeed deliver the children of Ammon into my hand,
[31] then it shall be, that whatever comes out of the doors of my house to meet me when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, it shall be Yahweh’s, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.”
[32] So Jephthah passed over to the children of Ammon to fight against them; and Yahweh delivered them into his hand.
[33] He struck them from Aroer until you come to Minnith, even twenty cities, and to Abelcheramim, with a very great slaughter. So the children of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel.
[34] Jephthah came to Mizpah to his house; and behold, his daughter came out to meet him with tambourines and with dances. She was his only child. Besides her he had neither son nor daughter.
[35] When he saw her, he tore his clothes, and said, “Alas, my daughter! You have brought me very low, and you are one of those who trouble me; for I have opened my mouth to Yahweh, and I can’t go back.”
[36] She said to him, “My father, you have opened your mouth to Yahweh; do to me according to that which has proceeded out of your mouth, because Yahweh has taken vengeance for you on your enemies, even on the children of Ammon.”
[37] Then she said to her father, “Let this thing be done for me. Leave me alone two months, that I may depart and go down on the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my companions.”
[38] He said, “Go.” He sent her away for two months; and she departed, she and her companions, and mourned her virginity on the mountains.
[39] At the end of two months, she returned to her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed. She was a virgin. It became a custom in Israel
[40] that the daughters of Israel went yearly to celebrate the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Judges 11 (KJVS)

[1] Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he was the son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah.
[2] And Gilead’s wife bare him sons; and his wife’s sons grew up, and they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father’s house; for thou art the son of a strange woman.
[3] Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and went out with him.
[4] And it came to pass in process of time, that the children of Ammon made war against Israel.
[5] And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob:
[6] and they said unto Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.
[7] And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, and expel me out of my father’s house? and why are ye come unto me now when ye are in distress?
[8] And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Therefore we turn again to thee now, that thou mayest go with us, and fight against the children of Ammon, and be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
[9] And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, If ye bring me home again to fight against the children of Ammon, and the Lord deliver them before me, shall I be your head?
[10] And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, The Lord be witness between us, if we do not so according to thy words.
[11] Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and captain over them: and Jephthah uttered all his words before the Lord in Mizpeh.
[12] And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come against me to fight in my land?
[13] And the king of the children of Ammon answered unto the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when they came up out of Egypt, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and unto Jordan: now therefore restore those lands again peaceably.
[14] And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children of Ammon:
[15] and said unto him, Thus saith Jephthah, Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon:
[16] but when Israel came up from Egypt, and walked through the wilderness unto the Red sea, and came to Kadesh;
[17] then Israel sent messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, pass through thy land: but the king of Edom would not hearken thereto. And in like manner they sent unto the king of Moab: but he would not consent: and Israel abode in Kadesh.
[18] Then they went along through the wilderness, and compassed the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, but came not within the border of Moab: for Arnon was the border of Moab.
[19] And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon; and Israel said unto him, Let us pass, we pray thee, through thy land into my place.
[20] But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his coast: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and pitched in Jahaz, and fought against Israel.
[21] And the Lord God of Israel delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they smote them: so Israel possessed all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country.
[22] And they possessed all the coasts of the Amorites, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and from the wilderness even unto Jordan.
[23] So now the Lord God of Israel hath dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and shouldest thou possess it?
[24] Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee to possess? So whomsoever the Lord our God shall drive out from before us, them will we possess.
[25] And now art thou any thing better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them,
[26] while Israel dwelt in Heshbon and her towns, and in Aroer and her towns, and in all the cities that be along by the coasts of Arnon, three hundred years? why therefore did ye not recover them within that time?
[27] Wherefore I have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me: the Lord the Judge be judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon.
[28] Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not unto the words of Jephthah which he sent him.
[29] Then the Spirit of the Lord came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead, and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over unto the children of Ammon.
[30] And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the Lord, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands,
[31] 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.
[32] So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight against them; and the Lord delivered them into his hands.
[33] And he smote them from Aroer, even till thou come to Minnith, even twenty cities, and unto the plain of the vineyards, with a very great slaughter. Thus the children of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel.
[34] 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.
[35] And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the Lord, and I cannot go back.
[36] And she said unto him, My father, if thou hast opened thy mouth unto the Lord, do to me according to that which hath proceeded out of thy mouth; forasmuch as the Lord hath taken vengeance for thee of thine enemies, even of the children of Ammon.
[37] And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may go up and down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my fellows.
[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 11:1 Heb. a woman, an harlot
Judges 11:3 Heb. from the face
Judges 11:10 Heb. be hearer between us
Judges 11:31a Heb. that which cometh forth shall come forth
Judges 11:31b Or, I will offer it, etc.
Judges 11:33 Or, Abel
Judges 11:34 Or, he had not of his own either son or daughter. Heb. of himself
Judges 11:37 Heb. go, and go down
Judges 11:39 Or, ordinance
Judges 11:40a Heb. from year to year
Judges 11:40b Or, to talk with

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Judges 11 (BYZ)

[1] Καὶ () Ιεφθαε () ὁ () Γαλααδίτης δυνατὸς () ἐν () ἰσχύι· () καὶ () αὐτὸς () ἦν () υἱὸς () γυναικὸς () πόρνης, () καὶ () ἔτεκεν () τῷ () Γαλααδ τὸν () Ιεφθαε. ()
[2] Καὶ () ἔτεκεν () ἡ () γυνὴ () Γαλααδ αὐτῷ () υἱούς· () καὶ () ἡδρύνθησαν οἱ () υἱοὶ () τῆς () γυναικὸς () καὶ () ἐξέβαλον () τὸν () Ιεφθαε () καὶ () εἶπον () αὐτῷ () Οὐ () κληρονομήσεις () ἐν () τῷ () οἴκῳ () τοῦ () πατρὸς () ἡμῶν, () ὅτι () γυναικὸς () υἱὸς () ἑταίρας εἶ () σύ. ()
[3] Καὶ () ἀπέδρα Ιεφθαε () ἐκ () προσώπου () τῶν () ἀδελφῶν () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () κατῴκησεν () ἐν () γῇ () Τωβ, καὶ () συνελέγοντο () πρὸς () τὸν () Ιεφθαε () ἄνδρες () λιτοὶ καὶ () συνεξεπορεύοντο μετ’ () αὐτοῦ. ()
[4] Καὶ () ἐγένετο () μεθ’ () ἡμέρας () καὶ () ἐπολέμησαν () οἱ () υἱοὶ () Αμμων μετὰ () Ισραηλ. ()
[5] Καὶ () ἐγενήθη () ἡνίκα () ἐπολέμουν () οἱ () υἱοὶ () Αμμων μετὰ () Ισραηλ, () καὶ () ἐπορεύθησαν () οἱ () πρεσβύτεροι () Γαλααδ παραλαβεῖν () τὸν () Ιεφθαε () ἐν () γῇ () Τωβ
[6] καὶ () εἶπαν () πρὸς () Ιεφθαε () Δεῦρο () καὶ () ἔσῃ () ἡμῖν () εἰς () ἡγούμενον, () καὶ () πολεμήσωμεν () ἐν () τοῖς () υἱοῖς () Αμμων.
[7] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Ιεφθαε () τοῖς () πρεσβυτέροις () Γαλααδ Οὐχ () ὑμεῖς () ἐμισήσατέ () με () καὶ () ἐξεβάλετέ () με () ἐκ () τοῦ () οἴκου () τοῦ () πατρός () μου () καὶ () ἐξαπεστείλατέ () με () ἀφ’ () ὑμῶν; () Καὶ () τί () ὅτι () ἤλθατε () πρός () με, () ἡνίκα () ἐθλίβητε; ()
[8] Καὶ () εἶπαν () οἱ () πρεσβύτεροι () Γαλααδ πρὸς () Ιεφθαε () Οὐχ () οὕτως· () νῦν () ἤλθομεν () πρὸς () σέ, () καὶ () συμπορεύσῃ () ἡμῖν, () καὶ () πολεμήσομεν () ἐν () τοῖς () υἱοῖς () Αμμων· καὶ () ἔσῃ () ἡμῖν () εἰς () κεφαλήν, () πᾶσιν () τοῖς () κατοικοῦσιν () Γαλααδ.
[9] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Ιεφθαε () πρὸς () τοὺς () πρεσβυτέρους () Γαλααδ Εἰ () ἐπιστρέφετέ () με () ὑμεῖς () πολεμῆσαι () ἐν () τοῖς () υἱοῖς () Αμμων καὶ () παραδῷ () κύριος () αὐτοὺς () ἐνώπιον () ἐμοῦ, () ἐγὼ () ὑμῖν () ἔσομαι () εἰς () κεφαλήν. ()
[10] Καὶ () εἶπαν () οἱ () πρεσβύτεροι () Γαλααδ πρὸς () Ιεφθαε () Κύριος () ἔσται () ὁ () ἀκούων () ἀνὰ () μέσον () ἡμῶν, () εἰ () μὴ () κατὰ () τὸ () ῥῆμά () σου () οὕτως () ποιήσομεν. ()
[11] Καὶ () ἐπορεύθη () Ιεφθαε () μετὰ () τῶν () πρεσβυτέρων () Γαλααδ, καὶ () κατέστησαν () αὐτὸν () ἐπ’ () αὐτῶν () εἰς () κεφαλὴν () εἰς () ἡγούμενον. () Καὶ () ἐλάλησεν () Ιεφθαε () πάντας () τοὺς () λόγους () αὐτοῦ () ἐνώπιον () κυρίου () ἐν () Μασσηφα.
[12] Καὶ () ἀπέστειλεν () Ιεφθαε () ἀγγέλους () πρὸς () βασιλέα () υἱῶν () Αμμων λέγων () Τί () ἐμοὶ () καὶ () σοί, () ὅτι () ἥκεις () πρός () με () σὺ () πολεμῆσαί () με () ἐν () τῇ () γῇ () μου; ()
[13] Καὶ () εἶπεν () βασιλεὺς () υἱῶν () Αμμων πρὸς () τοὺς () ἀγγέλους () Ιεφθαε () Διότι () ἔλαβεν () Ισραηλ () τὴν () γῆν () μου () ἐν () τῇ () ἀναβάσει αὐτοῦ () ἐξ () Αἰγύπτου () ἀπὸ () Αρνων ἕως () Ιαβοκ καὶ () ἕως () τοῦ () Ιορδάνου· () καὶ () νῦν () ἐπίστρεψον () αὐτὰς () μετ’ () εἰρήνης. ()
[14] Καὶ () ἀπέστρεψαν () οἱ () ἄγγελοι () πρὸς () Ιεφθαε. () Καὶ () ἀπέστειλεν () Ιεφθαε () ἀγγέλους () πρὸς () τὸν () βασιλέα () υἱῶν () Αμμων
[15] λέγων () Τάδε () λέγει () Ιεφθαε () Οὐκ () ἔλαβεν () Ισραηλ () τὴν () γῆν () Μωαβ καὶ () τὴν () γῆν () υἱῶν () Αμμων
[16] ἐν () τῇ () ἀναβάσει αὐτῶν () ἐξ () Αἰγύπτου, () ἀλλ’ () ἐπορεύθη () Ισραηλ () ἐν () τῇ () ἐρήμῳ () ἕως () θαλάσσης () ἐρυθρᾶς () καὶ () ἦλθεν () ἕως () Καδης.
[17] Καὶ () ἐξαπέστειλεν () Ισραηλ () ἀγγέλους () πρὸς () βασιλέα () Εδωμ λέγων () Παρελεύσομαι () διὰ () τῆς () γῆς () σου· () καὶ () οὐκ () ἤκουσεν () βασιλεὺς () Εδωμ. Καί () γε () πρὸς () βασιλέα () Μωαβ ἀπέστειλεν, () καὶ () οὐκ () ἠθέλησεν. () Καὶ () ἐκάθισεν () Ισραηλ () ἐν () Καδης.
[18] Καὶ () διῆλθεν () ἐν () τῇ () ἐρήμῳ () καὶ () ἐκύκλωσεν () τὴν () γῆν () Εδωμ καὶ () τὴν () γῆν () Μωαβ καὶ () παρεγένετο () κατ’ () ἀνατολὰς () ἡλίου () τῆς () γῆς () Μωαβ καὶ () παρενέβαλον ἐν () τῷ () πέραν () Αρνων καὶ () οὐκ () εἰσῆλθον () εἰς () τὸ () ὅριον () Μωαβ, ὅτι () Αρνων ἦν () ὅριον () Μωαβ.
[19] Καὶ () ἀπέστειλεν () Ισραηλ () ἀγγέλους () πρὸς () Σηων βασιλέα () Εσεβων τὸν () Αμορραῖον, καὶ () εἶπεν () αὐτῷ () Ισραηλ () Παρελεύσομαι () διὰ () τῆς () γῆς () σου () ἕως () τοῦ () τόπου () μου. ()
[20] Καὶ () οὐκ () ἠθέλησεν () Σηων διελθεῖν () τὸν () Ισραηλ () διὰ () τῶν () ὁρίων () αὐτοῦ· () καὶ () συνήγαγεν () Σηων πάντα () τὸν () λαὸν () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () παρενέβαλεν εἰς () Ιασσα καὶ () ἐπολέμησεν () μετὰ () Ισραηλ. ()
[21] Καὶ () παρέδωκεν () κύριος () ὁ () θεὸς () Ισραηλ () τὸν () Σηων καὶ () πάντα () τὸν () λαὸν () αὐτοῦ () ἐν () χειρὶ () Ισραηλ, () καὶ () ἐπάταξεν () αὐτούς· () καὶ () ἐκληρονόμησεν () Ισραηλ () πᾶσαν () τὴν () γῆν () τοῦ () Αμορραίου τοῦ () κατοικοῦντος () ἐν () τῇ () γῇ. ()
[22] Καὶ () ἐκληρονόμησεν () πᾶν () τὸ () ὅριον () τοῦ () Αμορραίου ἀπὸ () Αρνων καὶ () ἕως () τοῦ () Ιαβοκ καὶ () ἀπὸ () τῆς () ἐρήμου () καὶ () ἕως () τοῦ () Ιορδάνου. ()
[23] Καὶ () νῦν () κύριος () ὁ () θεὸς () Ισραηλ () ἐξῆρεν () τὸν () Αμορραῖον ἐκ () προσώπου () τοῦ () λαοῦ () αὐτοῦ () Ισραηλ, () καὶ () σὺ () κληρονομήσεις () αὐτὸν () ἐπὶ () σοῦ; ()
[24] Οὐχὶ () ὅσα () κατεκληρονόμησέν () σοι () Χαμως ὁ () θεός () σου, () αὐτὰ () κληρονομήσεις; () Καὶ () πάντα, () ὅσα () κατεκληρονόμησεν () κύριος () ὁ () θεὸς () ἡμῶν () ἀπὸ () προσώπου () ἡμῶν, () αὐτὰ () κληρονομήσομεν. ()
[25] Καὶ () νῦν () μὴ () κρείσσων () εἶ () σὺ () τοῦ () Βαλακ () υἱοῦ () Σεπφωρ βασιλέως () Μωαβ; Μὴ () μάχῃ () ἐμαχέσατο () μετὰ () Ισραηλ () ἢ () πολεμῶν () ἐπολέμησεν () αὐτοῖς; ()
[26] Ἐν () τῷ () οἴκῳ () Ισραηλ () ἐν () Εσεβων καὶ () ἐν () ταῖς () θυγατράσιν () αὐτῆς () καὶ () ἐν () Ιαζηρ καὶ () ἐν () ταῖς () θυγατράσιν () αὐτῆς () καὶ () ἐν () πάσαις () ταῖς () πόλεσιν () ταῖς () παρὰ () τὸν () Ιορδάνην () τριακόσια () ἔτη () τί () ὅτι () οὐκ () ἐρρύσαντο () αὐτοὺς () ἐν () τῷ () καιρῷ () ἐκείνῳ; ()
[27] Καὶ () ἐγὼ () οὐχ () ἥμαρτόν () σοι, () καὶ () σὺ () ποιεῖς () μετ’ () ἐμοῦ () πονηρίαν () τοῦ () πολεμῆσαι () ἐν () ἐμοί· () κρίναι () κύριος () ὁ () κρίνων () σήμερον () ἀνὰ () μέσον () υἱῶν () Ισραηλ () καὶ () ἀνὰ () μέσον () υἱῶν () Αμμων.
[28] Καὶ () οὐκ () εἰσήκουσεν () βασιλεὺς () υἱῶν () Αμμων καὶ () οὐκ () εἰσήκουσεν () τῶν () λόγων () Ιεφθαε, () ὧν () ἀπέστειλεν () πρὸς () αὐτόν. ()
[29] Καὶ () ἐγενήθη () ἐπὶ () Ιεφθαε () πνεῦμα () κυρίου, () καὶ () διέβη () τὴν () γῆν () Γαλααδ καὶ () τὸν () Μανασση () καὶ () διέβη () τὴν () σκοπιὰν Γαλααδ καὶ () ἀπὸ () σκοπιᾶς Γαλααδ εἰς () τὸ () πέραν () υἱῶν () Αμμων.
[30] Καὶ () ηὔξατο () Ιεφθαε () εὐχὴν () τῷ () κυρίῳ () καὶ () εἶπεν () Ἐὰν () παραδώσει () παραδῷς () μοι () τοὺς () υἱοὺς () Αμμων ἐν () χειρί () μου, ()
[31] καὶ () ἔσται () ὃς () ἂν () ἐξέλθῃ () ἐκ () τῶν () θυρῶν () τοῦ () οἴκου () μου () εἰς () ἀπάντησίν () μου () ἐν () τῷ () ἐπιστρέψαι () με () ἐν () εἰρήνῃ () ἀπὸ () τῶν () υἱῶν () Αμμων, καὶ () ἔσται () τῷ () κυρίῳ, () καὶ () ἀνοίσω () αὐτὸν () ὁλοκαύτωμα. ()
[32] Καὶ () διέβη () Ιεφθαε () πρὸς () τοὺς () υἱοὺς () Αμμων τοῦ () πολεμῆσαι () πρὸς () αὐτούς, () καὶ () παρέδωκεν () αὐτοὺς () κύριος () ἐν () χειρὶ () αὐτοῦ. ()
[33] Καὶ () ἐπάταξεν () αὐτοὺς () ἀπὸ () Αροηρ καὶ () ἕως () τοῦ () ἐλθεῖν () εἰς () Σεμωιθ εἴκοσι () πόλεις () ἕως () Αβελ () ἀμπελώνων () πληγὴν () μεγάλην () σφόδρα, () καὶ () ἐνετράπησαν () οἱ () υἱοὶ () Αμμων ἀπὸ () προσώπου () υἱῶν () Ισραηλ. ()
[34] Καὶ () ἦλθεν () Ιεφθαε () εἰς () Μασσηφα εἰς () τὸν () οἶκον () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () ἰδοὺ () ἡ () θυγάτηρ () αὐτοῦ () ἐξεπορεύετο () εἰς () ἀπάντησιν () αὐτοῦ () ἐν () τυμπάνοις καὶ () χοροῖς· () καὶ () αὕτη () μονογενὴς () αὐτῷ () ἀγαπητή, () καὶ () οὐκ () ἔστιν () αὐτῷ () πλὴν () αὐτῆς () υἱὸς () ἢ () θυγάτηρ. ()
[35] Καὶ () ἐγενήθη () ἡνίκα () εἶδεν () αὐτήν, () καὶ () διέρρηξεν () τὰ () ἱμάτια () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () εἶπεν () Οἴμμοι, θύγατέρ () μου, () ἐμπεποδοστάτηκάς με, () εἰς () σκῶλον ἐγένου () ἐν () ὀφθαλμοῖς () μου, () ἐγὼ () δὲ () ἤνοιξα () τὸ () στόμα () μου () περὶ () σοῦ () πρὸς () κύριον () καὶ () οὐ () δυνήσομαι () ἀποστρέψαι. ()
[36] Καὶ () εἶπεν () πρὸς () αὐτόν () Πάτερ () μου, () εἰ () ἐν () ἐμοὶ () ἤνοιξας () τὸ () στόμα () σου () πρὸς () κύριον, () ποίει () μοι () ὃν () τρόπον () ἐξῆλθεν () ἐκ () τοῦ () στόματός () σου, () ἀνθ’ () ὧν () ἐποίησέν () σοι () κύριος () ἐκδικήσεις () ἐκ () τῶν () ἐχθρῶν () σου () ἐκ () τῶν () υἱῶν () Αμμων.
[37] Καὶ () εἶπεν () πρὸς () τὸν () πατέρα () αὐτῆς () Καὶ () ποίησόν () μοι () τὸ () ῥῆμα () τοῦτο· () ἔασόν () με () δύο () μῆνας, () καὶ () πορεύσομαι () καὶ () καταβήσομαι () ἐπὶ () τὰ () ὄρη () καὶ () κλαύσομαι () ἐπὶ () τὰ () παρθένιά μου, () καὶ () ἐγὼ () καὶ () αἱ () συνεταιρίδες μου. ()
[38] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Πορεύου· () καὶ () ἐξαπέστειλεν () αὐτὴν () δύο () μῆνας. () Καὶ () ἐπορεύθη, () αὐτὴ () καὶ () αἱ () συνεταιρίδες αὐτῆς, () καὶ () ἔκλαυσεν () ἐπὶ () τὰ () παρθένια αὐτῆς () ἐπὶ () τὰ () ὄρη. ()
[39] Καὶ () ἐγένετο () μετὰ () τέλος () δύο () μηνῶν () καὶ () ἀνέκαμψεν () πρὸς () τὸν () πατέρα () αὐτῆς, () καὶ () ἐπετέλεσεν () Ιεφθαε () τὴν () εὐχὴν () αὐτοῦ, () ἣν () ηὔξατο· () καὶ () αὐτὴ () οὐκ () ἔγνω () ἄνδρα. () Καὶ () ἐγενήθη () εἰς () πρόσταγμα ἐν () Ισραηλ· ()
[40] ἐξ () ἡμερῶν () εἰς () ἡμέρας () συνεπορεύοντο () αἱ () θυγατέρες () Ισραηλ () θρηνεῖν () τὴν () θυγατέρα () Ιεφθαε () τοῦ () Γαλααδίτου τέσσαρας () ἡμέρας () ἐν () τῷ () ἐνιαυτῷ. ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.