Judith 8:18
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
“For never in our generation, nor in these present days, has there been any tribe or family or people or town of ours that worships gods made with hands, as was done in days gone by.

Contemporary English Version
It's true that many of our ancestors worshiped gods made by human hands. Yet none of us alive today has ever sinned like that.

New American Bible
For there has not risen among us in recent generations, nor does there exist today, any tribe, or clan, or district, or city of ours that worships gods made by hands, as happened in former days.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For we have not followed the sins of our fathers, who forsook their God, and worshipped strange gods.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

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.

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.



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Judith 8:17
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