Judith 8:16
Good News Translation
But you must not lay down conditions for the Lord our God! Do you think that he is like one of us? Do you think you can bargain with him or force him to make a decision?

New Revised Standard Version
Do not try to bind the purposes of the Lord our God; for God is not like a human being, to be threatened, or like a mere mortal, to be won over by pleading.

Contemporary English Version
Don't put limits on what the Lord our God can do. God is not a mere human. He cannot be threatened or forced into doing something.

New American Bible
Do not impose conditions on the plans of the Lord our God. God is not like a human being to be moved by threats, nor like a mortal to be cajoled.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And therefore let us humble our souls before him, and continuing in an humble spirit, in his service:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And therefore let us humble our souls before him, and continuing in an humble spirit, in his service:

Judith 8:14
But forasmuch as the Lord is patient, let us be penitent for this same thing, and with many tears let us beg his pardon:

Judith 8:15
For God will not threaten like man, nor be inflamed to anger like the son of man.

Judith 8:17
Let us ask the Lord with tears, that according to his will so he would shew his mercy to us: that as our heart is troubled by their pride, so also we may glorify in our humility.

Judith 8:18
For we have not followed the sins of our fathers, who forsook their God, and worshipped strange gods.

Context
Judith 8
15For God will not threaten like man, nor be inflamed to anger like the son of man. 16And therefore let us humble our souls before him, and continuing in an humble spirit, in his service: 17Let us ask the Lord with tears, that according to his will so he would shew his mercy to us: that as our heart is troubled by their pride, so also we may glorify in our humility.…
Cross References
Judith 8:14
But forasmuch as the Lord is patient, let us be penitent for this same thing, and with many tears let us beg his pardon:

Judith 8:15
For God will not threaten like man, nor be inflamed to anger like the son of man.

Judith 8:17
Let us ask the Lord with tears, that according to his will so he would shew his mercy to us: that as our heart is troubled by their pride, so also we may glorify in our humility.

Judith 8:18
For we have not followed the sins of our fathers, who forsook their God, and worshipped strange gods.



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Judith 8:15
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