Judges 11:36

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.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
said	וַתֹּ֣אמֶר va.To.mer	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular
father	אָבִי֙ 'a.Vi	H1	father · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix
opened	פָּצִ֤יתָה pa.Tzi.tah	H6475	to rend · verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular
mouth	פִּ֙יךָ֙ pi.kha	H6310	the mouth (as the means of blowing) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
LORD	יְהוָ֔ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
do	עֲשֵׂ֣ה 'a.Seh	H6213	to do or make · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine singular
which	כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר ka.'a.Sher	H834	who · preposition + relative particle
proceeded	יָצָ֣א ya.Tza'	H3318	to go (causatively · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
mouth	מִפִּ֑יךָ mi.Pi.kha	H6310	the mouth (as the means of blowing) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
forasmuch	אַחֲרֵ֡י 'a.cha.Rei	H310	properly · cardinal number, masculine plural construct
LORD	יְהוָ֧ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
taken	עָשָׂה֩ 'a.Sah	H6213	to do or make · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
vengeance	נְקָמ֛וֹת ne.ka.Mot	H5360	avengement · noun, common feminine plural absolute
enemies	מֵאֹיְבֶ֖יךָ me.'o.ye.Vei.kha	H341	hating · preposition + verb, qal active participle, masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
children	מִבְּנֵ֥י mi.be.Nei	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct
Ammon	עַמּֽוֹן a.Mon	H5983	Ammon · proper noun, a man's name

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Acts 21:13 Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the…
2 Samuel 18:19 Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, Let me now run, and bear the king tidings, how that the LORD hath avenged him of his enemies.
Romans 16:4 Who have for my life laid down their own necks: unto whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles.
Philippians 2:30 Because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me.
Judges 16:28-30 And Samson called unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that…
2 Samuel 18:31 And, behold, Cushi came; and Cushi said, Tidings, my lord the king: for the LORD hath avenged thee this day of all them that rose up against…
2 Samuel 19:30 And Mephibosheth said unto the king, Yea, let him take all, forasmuch as my lord the king is come again in peace unto his own house.
Acts 20:24 But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, whi…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 11:29–end

We have here Jephthah triumphing in a glorious victory, but, as an alloy to his joy, troubled and distressed by an unadvised vow. I. Jephthah's victory was clear, and shines very brightly, both to his honour and to the honour of God, his in pleading and God's in owning a righteous cause. 1. God gave him an excellent spirit, and he improved it bravely, Jdg 11:29. When it appeared by the people's unanimous choice of him for their leader that he had so clear a call to engage, and by the obstinate deafness of the king of Ammon to the proposals of accommodation that he had so just a cause to engage in, then the Spirit of the Lord came upon him, and very much advanced his natural faculties, enduin…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 11:34

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…

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John Gill on Judges 11:36

And she said unto him, my father, if thou hast opened thy mouth unto the Lord,.... The conditional word "if" may be left out, as it is not in the original text; for her father had told her that he had opened his mouth, or made a vow to the Lord, and had no doubt explained it to her what it was, though it is not expressed; she knew it respected her, as it had issued, and was concerning her, as appears by her later request: do to me according to that which hath proceeded out of thy mouth; which is a remarkable instance of filial subjection and obedience to a parent, and which perhaps was strengthened by a like mistaken notion as that of her father concerning the vow, that it could not be disp…

Dictionary and topics

Children, Good · Exemplified: Jephthah’s daughter — Exemplified: Jephthah’s daughter
Consecration · .Jephthah, of his daughter — .Jephthah, of his daughter
Jephthah · His rash vow concerning bis daughter — His rash vow concerning bis daughter
Oaths · Instances of rash: Jephthah — Instances of rash: Jephthah
Rashness · .Jephthah’ s vow — .Jephthah’ s vow
Vows · if his — if his

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Judges 11:36

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 11:29–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 11:34

John Gill on Judges 11:36

Dictionary and topics

Judges 11:36

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 11:29–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 11:34

John Gill on Judges 11:36

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Judges 11:36-37

Rashi on Judges 11:35