Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation She rolled his body off the bed and took down the mosquito net from the bedposts. Then she came out and gave Holofernes' head to her slave, New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge 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 13:7Saying: Strengthen me, O Lord God of Israel, and in this hour look on the works of my hands, that as thou hast promised, thou mayst raise up Jerusalem thy city: and that I may bring to pass that which I have purposed, having a belief that it might be done by thee. Judith 13:8 And when she had said this, she went to the pillar that was at his bed's head, and loosed his sword that hung tied upon it. 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 13:11 And after a while she went out, and delivered the head of Holofernes to her maid, and bade her put it into her wallet. Context Judith 13…8And when she had said this, she went to the pillar that was at his bed's head, and loosed his sword that hung tied upon it. 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. 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.… Cross References Judith 13:7 Saying: Strengthen me, O Lord God of Israel, and in this hour look on the works of my hands, that as thou hast promised, thou mayst raise up Jerusalem thy city: and that I may bring to pass that which I have purposed, having a belief that it might be done by thee. Judith 13:8 And when she had said this, she went to the pillar that was at his bed's head, and loosed his sword that hung tied upon it. 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 13:11 And after a while she went out, and delivered the head of Holofernes to her maid, and bade her put it into her wallet. |