Judith 7:17
Good News Translation
The Moabites and 5,000 Assyrians moved their camp into the valley to control the source of the town's water.

New Revised Standard Version
So the army of the Ammonites moved forward, together with five thousand Assyrians, and they encamped in the valley and seized the water supply and the springs of the Israelites.

Contemporary English Version
Part of the Ammonite army and 5,000 Assyrian soldiers marched into the valley and took control of the springs that supplied Bethulia with water.

New American Bible
So the Ammonites moved camp, together with five thousand Assyrians. They encamped in the valley and held the water supply and the springs of the Israelites.

Douay-Rheims Bible
We call to witness this day heaven and earth, and the God of our fathers, who taketh vengeance upon us according to our sins, conjuring you to deliver now the city into the hand of the army of Holofernes, that our end may be short by the edge of the sword, which is made longer by the drought of thirst.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

We call to witness this day heaven and earth, and the God of our fathers, who taketh vengeance upon us according to our sins, conjuring you to deliver now the city into the hand of the army of Holofernes, that our end may be short by the edge of the sword, which is made longer by the drought of thirst.

Judith 7:15
And now assemble ye all that are in the city, that we may of our own accord yield ourselves all up to the people of Holofernes.

Judith 7:16
For it is better, that being captives we should live and bless the Lord, than that we should die, and be a reproach to all flesh, after we have seen our wives and our infants die before our eyes.

Judith 7:18
And when they had said these things, there was great weeping and lamentation of all in the assembly, and for many hours with one voice they cried to God, saying:

Judith 7:19
We have sinned with our fathers, we have done unjustly, we have committed iniquity:

Context
Judith 7
16For it is better, that being captives we should live and bless the Lord, than that we should die, and be a reproach to all flesh, after we have seen our wives and our infants die before our eyes. 17We call to witness this day heaven and earth, and the God of our fathers, who taketh vengeance upon us according to our sins, conjuring you to deliver now the city into the hand of the army of Holofernes, that our end may be short by the edge of the sword, which is made longer by the drought of thirst. 18And when they had said these things, there was great weeping and lamentation of all in the assembly, and for many hours with one voice they cried to God, saying:…
Cross References
Judith 7:15
And now assemble ye all that are in the city, that we may of our own accord yield ourselves all up to the people of Holofernes.

Judith 7:16
For it is better, that being captives we should live and bless the Lord, than that we should die, and be a reproach to all flesh, after we have seen our wives and our infants die before our eyes.

Judith 7:18
And when they had said these things, there was great weeping and lamentation of all in the assembly, and for many hours with one voice they cried to God, saying:

Judith 7:19
We have sinned with our fathers, we have done unjustly, we have committed iniquity:



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Judith 7:16
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