Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation So Bagoas left Holofernes and went to Judith. "Lovely lady," he said, "the general invites you to his tent for some drinks. Come and enjoy yourself like the Assyrian women who serve in Nebuchadnezzar's palace. This is a great honor." New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And Judith answered him: Who am I, that I should gainsay my lord? Judith 12:11For it is looked upon as shameful among the Assyrians, if a woman mock a man, by doing so as to pass free from him. Judith 12:12 Then Vagao went in to Judith, and said: Let not my good maid be afraid to go in to my lord, that she may be honoured before his face, that she may eat with him and drink wine and be merry. Judith 12:14 All that shall be good and best before his eyes, I will do. And whatsoever shall please him, that shall be best to me all the days of my life. Judith 12:15 And she arose and dressed herself out with her garments, and going in she stood before his face. Context Judith 12…12Then Vagao went in to Judith, and said: Let not my good maid be afraid to go in to my lord, that she may be honoured before his face, that she may eat with him and drink wine and be merry. 13And Judith answered him: Who am I, that I should gainsay my lord? 14All that shall be good and best before his eyes, I will do. And whatsoever shall please him, that shall be best to me all the days of my life.… Cross References Judith 12:11 For it is looked upon as shameful among the Assyrians, if a woman mock a man, by doing so as to pass free from him. Judith 12:12 Then Vagao went in to Judith, and said: Let not my good maid be afraid to go in to my lord, that she may be honoured before his face, that she may eat with him and drink wine and be merry. Judith 12:14 All that shall be good and best before his eyes, I will do. And whatsoever shall please him, that shall be best to me all the days of my life. Judith 12:15 And she arose and dressed herself out with her garments, and going in she stood before his face. |