Judith 7:21
Good News Translation
All the reservoirs and cisterns went dry, so that the drinking water had to be rationed, and not a day passed when there was enough water to go around.

New Revised Standard Version
their cisterns were going dry, and on no day did they have enough water to drink, for their drinking water was rationed.

Contemporary English Version
every well and cistern was drying up. So each day, drinking water was carefully measured out to make sure everyone had some water to drink. Finally, there was not enough left to go around.

New American Bible
and the cisterns ran dry, so that on no day did they have enough water to drink, for their drinking water was rationed.

Douay-Rheims Bible
That they may not say among the Gentiles: Where is their God?

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That they may not say among the Gentiles: Where is their God?

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

Judith 7:20
Have thou mercy on us, because thou art good, or punish our iniquities by chastising us thyself, and deliver not them that trust in thee to a people that knoweth not thee,

Judith 7:22
And when being wearied with these cries, and tired with these weepings, they held their peace,

Judith 7:23
Ozias rising up all in tears, said: Be of good courage, my brethren, and let us wait these five days for mercy from the Lord.

Context
Judith 7
20Have thou mercy on us, because thou art good, or punish our iniquities by chastising us thyself, and deliver not them that trust in thee to a people that knoweth not thee, 21That they may not say among the Gentiles: Where is their God? 22And when being wearied with these cries, and tired with these weepings, they held their peace,…
Cross References
Judith 7:19
We have sinned with our fathers, we have done unjustly, we have committed iniquity:

Judith 7:20
Have thou mercy on us, because thou art good, or punish our iniquities by chastising us thyself, and deliver not them that trust in thee to a people that knoweth not thee,

Judith 7:22
And when being wearied with these cries, and tired with these weepings, they held their peace,

Judith 7:23
Ozias rising up all in tears, said: Be of good courage, my brethren, and let us wait these five days for mercy from the Lord.



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Judith 7:20
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