Judith 14:13
Good News Translation
These men then went to Holofernes' tent and said to Bagoas, "Wake up the general! Those worthless Israelites have dared to come down from the mountain to attack us; they are just asking to be destroyed."

New Revised Standard Version
They came to Holofernes’ tent and said to the steward in charge of all his personal affairs, “Wake up our lord, for the slaves have been so bold as to come down against us to give battle, to their utter destruction.”

Contemporary English Version
The highest-ranking officers went to Holofernes' tent and said to Bagoas, "You need to wake General Holofernes and tell him those Israelites had the nerve to march out of Bethulia to attack us. They may think we can be defeated, but we will wipe out every one of them."

New American Bible
They came to the tent of Holofernes and said to the one in charge of all his things, “Awaken our lord, for the slaves have dared come down against us in battle, to their utter destruction.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
Then Vagao going into his chamber, stood before the curtain, and made a clapping with his hands: for he thought that he was sleeping with Judith.

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Then Vagao going into his chamber, stood before the curtain, and made a clapping with his hands: for he thought that he was sleeping with Judith.

Judith 14:11
But when his captains and tribunes were come, and all the chiefs of the army of the king of the Assyrians, they said to the chamberlains:

Judith 14:12
Go in, and awake him, for the mice, coming out of their holes, have presumed to challenge us to fight.

Judith 14:14
But when with hearkening, he perceived no motion of one lying, he came near to the curtain, and lifting it up, and seeing the body of Holofernes, lying upon the ground, without the head, weltering in his blood, he cried out with a loud voice, with weeping, and rent his garments.

Judith 14:15
And he went into the tent of Judith, and not finding her, he ran out to the people,

Context
Judith 14
12Go in, and awake him, for the mice, coming out of their holes, have presumed to challenge us to fight. 13Then Vagao going into his chamber, stood before the curtain, and made a clapping with his hands: for he thought that he was sleeping with Judith. 14But when with hearkening, he perceived no motion of one lying, he came near to the curtain, and lifting it up, and seeing the body of Holofernes, lying upon the ground, without the head, weltering in his blood, he cried out with a loud voice, with weeping, and rent his garments.…
Cross References
Judith 14:11
But when his captains and tribunes were come, and all the chiefs of the army of the king of the Assyrians, they said to the chamberlains:

Judith 14:12
Go in, and awake him, for the mice, coming out of their holes, have presumed to challenge us to fight.

Judith 14:14
But when with hearkening, he perceived no motion of one lying, he came near to the curtain, and lifting it up, and seeing the body of Holofernes, lying upon the ground, without the head, weltering in his blood, he cried out with a loud voice, with weeping, and rent his garments.

Judith 14:15
And he went into the tent of Judith, and not finding her, he ran out to the people,



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Judith 14:12
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