Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation When they were a short distance away, Judith called out to the guards at the gate, "Open the gate! Open the gate! Our God is still with us. Today he has once again shown his strength in Israel and used his power against our enemies." New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And after a while she went out, and delivered the head of Holofernes to her maid, and bade her put it into her wallet. Judith 13:9And when she had drawn it out, she took him by the hair of his head, and said: Strengthen me, O Lord God, at this hour. Judith 13:10 And she struck twice upon his neck, and cut off his head, and took off his canopy from the pillars, and rolled away his headless body. Judith 13:12 And they two went out according to their custom, as it were to prayer, and they passed the camp, and having compassed the valley, they came to the gate of the city. Judith 13:13 And Judith from afar off cried to the watchmen upon the walls: Open the gates for God is with us, who hath shewn his power in Israel. Context Judith 13…10And she struck twice upon his neck, and cut off his head, and took off his canopy from the pillars, and rolled away his headless body. 11And after a while she went out, and delivered the head of Holofernes to her maid, and bade her put it into her wallet. 12And they two went out according to their custom, as it were to prayer, and they passed the camp, and having compassed the valley, they came to the gate of the city.… Cross References Judith 13:9 And when she had drawn it out, she took him by the hair of his head, and said: Strengthen me, O Lord God, at this hour. Judith 13:10 And she struck twice upon his neck, and cut off his head, and took off his canopy from the pillars, and rolled away his headless body. Judith 13:12 And they two went out according to their custom, as it were to prayer, and they passed the camp, and having compassed the valley, they came to the gate of the city. Judith 13:13 And Judith from afar off cried to the watchmen upon the walls: Open the gates for God is with us, who hath shewn his power in Israel. |