When Jephthah came home to Mizpah, there was his daughter hurrying out to meet him, dancing to the rhythm of tambourines. She was his only child; except for her he had no son or daughter.

耶弗他回米斯巴到了自己的家，不料，他女儿拿着鼓跳舞出来迎接他，是他独生的，此外无儿无女。

耶弗他回米斯巴去，到了自己的家，看哪，他女儿拿着手鼓跳舞出来迎接他。她是耶弗他的独生女，除她以外，没有别的儿女。

耶弗他回米斯巴去，到了自己的家，看哪，他女儿拿着手鼓跳舞出来迎接他。她是耶弗他的独生女，除她以外，没有别的儿女。

耶弗他返回自己在米斯巴的家，他的独生女儿敲着鼓、跳着舞出来迎接他。

耶弗他回米斯巴去，到了自己的家，不料，他的女儿拿着鼓、跳着舞，出来迎接他；她是耶弗他的独生女，除她以外，耶弗他没有其他的儿女。

耶弗他回米斯巴到了自己的家，不料，他女兒拿着鼓跳舞出來迎接他，是他獨生的，此外無兒無女。

耶弗他回米斯巴去，到了自己的家，看哪，他女兒拿着手鼓跳舞出來迎接他。她是耶弗他的獨生女，除她以外，沒有別的兒女。

耶弗他回米斯巴去，到了自己的家，看哪，他女兒拿着手鼓跳舞出來迎接他。她是耶弗他的獨生女，除她以外，沒有別的兒女。

耶弗他返回自己在米斯巴的家，他的獨生女兒敲著鼓、跳著舞出來迎接他。

耶弗他回米斯巴去，到了自己的家，不料，他的女兒拿著鼓、跳著舞，出來迎接他；她是耶弗他的獨生女，除她以外，耶弗他沒有其他的兒女。

耶弗他往米斯巴、到了自己的家，哎呀，他女兒拿着手鼓舞蹈着、出來迎接他來了；這是他的獨生女；此外就無兒無女。

耶弗他止有一女、別無子女、返米斯巴、至己家、其女執鼗、舞蹈出迎、

耶弗大止育一女、別無所出、既至米斯巴反其故家、來迓者惟此女、執鼗舞蹈而出。

耶弗他至米斯巴、歸其家時、其女執鼓蹈舞出而迎之、耶弗他祗有此女、別無子女、

When Jephthah returned to his home in Mizpah, who should come out to meet him but his daughter, dancing to the sound of timbrels! She was an only child. Except for her he had neither son nor daughter.

Jephthah returned to his home in Mizpah. And guess who came out to meet him. It was his daughter! She was dancing to the beat of tambourines. She was his only child. He didn’t have any other sons or daughters.

Then Jephthah came to his home at Mizpah. 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.

When Jephthah returned home to Mizpah, his daughter came out to meet him, playing on a tambourine and dancing for joy. She was his one and only child; he had no other sons or daughters.

When Jephthah went to his home in Mizpah, there was his daughter, coming out to meet him with tambourines and dancing! She was his only child; he had no other son or daughter besides her.

But Jephthah came to his house at Mizpah, and behold, his daughter was coming out to meet him with tambourines and with dancing. And she was his one and only child; besides her he had no son or daughter.

When Jephthah came to his house at Mizpah, there was his daughter, coming out to meet him with timbrels and dancing; and she was his only child. Besides her he had neither son nor daughter.

And Jephthah came to Mizpah unto his house; and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; besides her he had neither son nor daughter.

When Jephthah went to his home in Mizpah, there was his daughter, coming out to meet him with tambourines and dancing! She was his only child; he had no other son or daughter besides her.

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.

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.

Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a hand-drum in her hand, and all the women went out after her with hand-drums and with dances.

I will rebuild you, my dear children Israel, so that you will once again be built up. Once again you will take up the tambourine and join in the happy throng of dancers.

So Jephthah went with the leaders of Gilead. The people made him their leader and commander. Jephthah repeated the terms of the agreement before the LORD in Mizpah.

The Ammonites assembled and camped in Gilead; the Israelites gathered together and camped in Mizpah.

Singers walk in front; musicians follow playing their stringed instruments, in the midst of young women playing tambourines.

“ I will pour out on the kingship of David and the population of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication so that they will look to me, the one they have pierced. They will lament for him as one laments for an only son, and there will be a bitter cry for him like the bitter cry for a firstborn.

you kings of the earth and all you nations, you princes and all you leaders on the earth,you young men and young women, you elderly, along with you children!

As he approached the town gate, a man who had died was being carried out, the only son of his mother( who was a widow), and a large crowd from the town was with her.

The LORD says,“ At that time young women will dance and be glad. Young men and old men will rejoice. I will turn their grief into gladness. I will give them comfort and joy in place of their sorrow.

On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this victory song:“ When the leaders took the lead in Israel, When the people answered the call to war– Praise the LORD!Hear, O kings! Pay attention, O rulers! I will sing to the LORD! I will sing to the LORD God of Israel!O LORD, when you departed from Seir, when you marched from Edom’s plains, the earth shook, the heavens poured down, the clouds poured down rain.The mountains trembled before the LORD, the God of Sinai; before the LORD God of Israel.In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael caravans disappeared; travelers had to go on winding side roads.Warriors were scarce, they were scarce in Israel, until you arose, Deborah, until you arose as a motherly protector in Israel.God chose new leaders, then fighters appeared in the city gates; but, I swear, not a shield or spear could be found, among forty military units in Israel.My heart went out to Israel’s leaders, to the people who answered the call to war. Praise the LORD!You who ride on light-colored female donkeys, who sit on saddle blankets, you who walk on the road, pay attention!Hear the sound of those who divide the sheep among the watering places; there they tell of the Lord’s victorious deeds, the victorious deeds of his warriors in Israel. Then the LORD’s people went down to the city gates–Wake up, wake up, Deborah! Wake up, wake up, sing a song! Get up, Barak! Capture your prisoners of war, son of Abinoam!Then the survivors came down to the mighty ones; the LORD’s people came down to me as warriors.They came from Ephraim, who uprooted Amalek, they follow after you, Benjamin, with your soldiers. From Makir leaders came down, from Zebulun came the ones who march carrying an officer’s staff.Issachar’s leaders were with Deborah, the men of Issachar supported Barak; into the valley they were sent under Barak’s command. Among the clans of Reuben there was intense heart searching.Why do you remain among the sheepfolds, listening to the shepherds playing their pipes for their flocks? As for the clans of Reuben– there was intense searching of heart.Gilead stayed put beyond the Jordan River. As for Dan– why did he seek temporary employment in the shipyards? Asher remained on the seacoast, he stayed by his harbors.The men of Zebulun were not concerned about their lives; Naphtali charged on to the battlefields.Kings came, they fought; the kings of Canaan fought, at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo, but they took no silver as plunder.From the sky the stars fought, from their paths in the heavens they fought against Sisera.The Kishon River carried them off; the river confronted them– the Kishon River. Step on the necks of the strong!The horses’ hooves pounded the ground; the stallions galloped madly.‘ Call judgment down on Meroz,’ says the LORD’s angelic messenger;‘ Be sure to call judgment down on those who live there, because they did not come to help in the LORD’s battle, to help in the LORD’s battle against the warriors.’The most rewarded of women should be Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite! She should be the most rewarded of women who live in tents.He asked for water, and she gave him milk; in a bowl fit for a king, she served him curds.Her left hand reached for the tent peg, her right hand for the workmen’s hammer. She“ hammered” Sisera, she shattered his skull, she smashed his head, she drove the tent peg through his temple.Between her feet he collapsed, he fell limp and was lifeless; between her feet he collapsed and fell limp, in the spot where he collapsed, there he fell limp– violently murdered!Through the window she looked; Sisera’s mother cried out through the lattice:‘ Why is his chariot so slow to return? Why are the hoofbeats of his chariot- horses delayed?’The wisest of her ladies answer; indeed she even thinks to herself,‘ No doubt they are gathering and dividing the plunder– a girl or two for each man to rape! Sisera is grabbing up colorful cloth, he is grabbing up colorful embroidered cloth, two pieces of colorful embroidered cloth, for the neck of the plunderer!’May all your enemies perish like this, O LORD! But may those who love you shine like the rising sun at its brightest!” And the land had rest for forty years.

Then a man from the crowd cried out,“ Teacher, I beg you to look at my son– he is my only child!

Praise him with the tambourine and with dancing! Praise him with stringed instruments and the flute!

because he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, and she was dying. As Jesus was on his way, the crowds pressed around him.

When the men arrived after David returned from striking down the Philistine, the women from all the cities of Israel came out singing and dancing to meet King Saul. They were happy as they played their tambourines and three-stringed instruments.The women who were playing the music sang,“ Saul has struck down his thousands, but David his tens of thousands!”