Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation We do not worship gods made with human hands. Not one of our clans, tribes, towns, or cities has ever done that, even though our ancestors used to do so. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge For we have not followed the sins of our fathers, who forsook their God, and worshipped strange gods. Judith 8:16And therefore let us humble our souls before him, and continuing in an humble spirit, in his service: 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 8:19 For which crime they were given up to their enemies, to the sword, and to pillage, and to confusion: but we know no other God but him. Judith 8:20 Let us humbly wait for his consolation, and the Lord our God will require our blood of the afflictions of our enemies, and he will humble all the nations that shall rise up against us, and bring them to disgrace. Context Judith 8…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. 18For we have not followed the sins of our fathers, who forsook their God, and worshipped strange gods. 19For which crime they were given up to their enemies, to the sword, and to pillage, and to confusion: but we know no other God but him.… Cross References Judith 8:16 And therefore let us humble our souls before him, and continuing in an humble spirit, in his service: 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 8:19 For which crime they were given up to their enemies, to the sword, and to pillage, and to confusion: but we know no other God but him. Judith 8:20 Let us humbly wait for his consolation, and the Lord our God will require our blood of the afflictions of our enemies, and he will humble all the nations that shall rise up against us, and bring them to disgrace. |