Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation As the Lord lives, I swear that Holofernes never touched me, although my beauty deceived him and brought him to his ruin. I was not defiled or disgraced; the Lord took care of me through it all." New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And lighting up lights they all gathered round about her: and she went up to a higher place, and commanded silence to be made. And when all had held their peace, Judith 13:14And it came to pass, when the men had heard her voice, that they called the ancients of the city. Judith 13:15 And all ran to meet her from the least to the greatest: for they now had no hopes that she would come. Judith 13:17 Judith said: Praise ye the Lord our God, who hath not forsaken them that hope in him. Judith 13:18 And by me his handmaid he hath fulfilled his mercy, which he promised to the house of Israel: and he hath killed the enemy of his people by my hand this night. Context Judith 13…15And all ran to meet her from the least to the greatest: for they now had no hopes that she would come. 16And lighting up lights they all gathered round about her: and she went up to a higher place, and commanded silence to be made. And when all had held their peace, 17Judith said: Praise ye the Lord our God, who hath not forsaken them that hope in him.… Cross References Judith 13:14 And it came to pass, when the men had heard her voice, that they called the ancients of the city. Judith 13:15 And all ran to meet her from the least to the greatest: for they now had no hopes that she would come. Judith 13:17 Judith said: Praise ye the Lord our God, who hath not forsaken them that hope in him. Judith 13:18 And by me his handmaid he hath fulfilled his mercy, which he promised to the house of Israel: and he hath killed the enemy of his people by my hand this night. |