Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation They put on sackcloth--they and their wives, their children, their livestock, and every resident foreigner, every slave and hired laborer. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And they cried to the Lord the God of Israel with one accord, that their children might not be made a prey, and their wives carried off, and their cities destroyed, and their holy things profaned, and that they might not be made a reproach to the Gentiles. Judith 4:8And all the people cried to the Lord with great earnestness, and they humbled their souls in fastings, and prayers, both they and their wives. Judith 4:9 And the priests put on haircloths, and they caused the little children to lie prostrate before the temple of the Lord, and the altar of the Lord they covered with haircloth. Judith 4:11 Then Eliachim the high priest of the Lord went about all Israel and spoke to them, Judith 4:12 Saying: Know ye that the Lord will hear your prayers, if you continue with perseverance in fastings and prayers in the sight of the Lord. Context Judith 4…9And the priests put on haircloths, and they caused the little children to lie prostrate before the temple of the Lord, and the altar of the Lord they covered with haircloth. 10And they cried to the Lord the God of Israel with one accord, that their children might not be made a prey, and their wives carried off, and their cities destroyed, and their holy things profaned, and that they might not be made a reproach to the Gentiles. 11Then Eliachim the high priest of the Lord went about all Israel and spoke to them,… Cross References Judith 4:8 And all the people cried to the Lord with great earnestness, and they humbled their souls in fastings, and prayers, both they and their wives. Judith 4:9 And the priests put on haircloths, and they caused the little children to lie prostrate before the temple of the Lord, and the altar of the Lord they covered with haircloth. Judith 4:11 Then Eliachim the high priest of the Lord went about all Israel and spoke to them, Judith 4:12 Saying: Know ye that the Lord will hear your prayers, if you continue with perseverance in fastings and prayers in the sight of the Lord. |