Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation But since we worship no other God but the Lord, we can hope that he will not reject us or any of our people. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge 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. Judith 8:18For we have not followed the sins of our fathers, who forsook their God, and worshipped strange gods. 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 8:21 And now, brethren, as you are the ancients among the people of God, and their very soul resteth upon you: comfort their hearts by your speech, that they may be mindful how our fathers were tempted that they might be proved, whether they worshipped their God truly. Judith 8:22 They must remember how our father Abraham was tempted, and being proved by many tribulations, was made the friend of God. Context Judith 8…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. 20Let 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. 21And now, brethren, as you are the ancients among the people of God, and their very soul resteth upon you: comfort their hearts by your speech, that they may be mindful how our fathers were tempted that they might be proved, whether they worshipped their God truly.… Cross References Judith 8:18 For we have not followed the sins of our fathers, who forsook their God, and worshipped strange gods. 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 8:21 And now, brethren, as you are the ancients among the people of God, and their very soul resteth upon you: comfort their hearts by your speech, that they may be mindful how our fathers were tempted that they might be proved, whether they worshipped their God truly. Judith 8:22 They must remember how our father Abraham was tempted, and being proved by many tribulations, was made the friend of God. |