Judges 11:36 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | WEB

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.

Commentaries

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century

Presbyterian

18th Century

The touching submission of Jephthah’s daughter to an inevitable fate shows how deeply rooted at that time was the pagan notion of the propriety of …

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century

Anglican

19th Century

And she said to him. —To explain this the Septuagint adds the words, “I have opened my mouth to the Lord against or c…

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

And she said unto him, my father, [if] you have opened your
mouth unto the Lord
The c…

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century

Presbyterian

17th Century

Several important lessons are to be learned from Jephthah's vow.

There may be remnants of distrust and doubt, even in the hearts of tr…

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