Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Then Achior, the leader of all the Ammonites, answered Holofernes, "Sir, if you will please be so kind as to listen to me, I will tell you the truth about these people who live in the mountains near your camp. I will not lie to you. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Then Achior captain of all the children of Ammon answering, said; If thou vouchsafe, my lord, to hear, I will tell the truth in thy sight concerning this people, that dwelleth in the mountains, and there shall not a false word come out of my mouth. Judith 5:3And he said to them: Tell me what is this people that besetteth the mountains: or what are their cities, and of what sort, and how great: also what is their power, or what is their multitude: or who is the king over their warfare: Judith 5:4 And why they above all that dwell in the east, have despised us, and have not come out to meet us, that they might receive us with peace? Judith 5:6 This people is of the offspring of the Chaldeans. Judith 5:7 They dwelt first in Mesopotamia, because they would not follow the gods of their fathers, who were in the land of the Chaldeans. Context Judith 5…4And why they above all that dwell in the east, have despised us, and have not come out to meet us, that they might receive us with peace? 5Then Achior captain of all the children of Ammon answering, said; If thou vouchsafe, my lord, to hear, I will tell the truth in thy sight concerning this people, that dwelleth in the mountains, and there shall not a false word come out of my mouth. 6This people is of the offspring of the Chaldeans.… Cross References Judith 5:3 And he said to them: Tell me what is this people that besetteth the mountains: or what are their cities, and of what sort, and how great: also what is their power, or what is their multitude: or who is the king over their warfare: Judith 5:4 And why they above all that dwell in the east, have despised us, and have not come out to meet us, that they might receive us with peace? Judith 5:6 This people is of the offspring of the Chaldeans. Judith 5:7 They dwelt first in Mesopotamia, because they would not follow the gods of their fathers, who were in the land of the Chaldeans. |