Judith 5:6
Good News Translation
These people are the descendants of some Babylonians

New Revised Standard Version
These people are descended from the Chaldeans.

Contemporary English Version
These Israelites are really descendants of the Babylonians.

New American Bible
Then Achior, the leader of all the Ammonites, said to him: “My lord, please listen to a report from your servant. I will tell you the truth about this people that lives in the hill country near here. No lie shall escape your servant’s lips.

Douay-Rheims Bible
This people is of the offspring of the Chaldeans.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

This people is of the offspring of the Chaldeans.

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 5:5
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 5:7
They dwelt first in Mesopotamia, because they would not follow the gods of their fathers, who were in the land of the Chaldeans.

Judith 5:8
Wherefore forsaking the ceremonies of their fathers, which consisted in the worship of many gods,

Context
Judith 5
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. 7They dwelt first in Mesopotamia, because they would not follow the gods of their fathers, who were in the land of the Chaldeans.…
Cross References
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 5:5
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 5:7
They dwelt first in Mesopotamia, because they would not follow the gods of their fathers, who were in the land of the Chaldeans.

Judith 5:8
Wherefore forsaking the ceremonies of their fathers, which consisted in the worship of many gods,



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