Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation The Lord our God is putting us to the test, just as he tested our ancestors, and we should be thankful for that. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Were destroyed by the destroyer, and perished by serpents. Judith 8:23So Isaac, so Jacob, so Moses, and all that have pleased God, passed through many tribulations, remaining faithful. Judith 8:24 But they that did not receive the trials with the fear of the Lord, but uttered their impatience and the reproach of their murmuring against the Lord, Judith 8:26 As for us therefore let us not revenge ourselves for these things which we suffer. Judith 8:27 But esteeming these very punishments to be less than our sins deserve, let us believe that these scourges of the Lord, with which like servants we are chastised, have happened for our amendment, and not for our destruction. Context Judith 8…24But they that did not receive the trials with the fear of the Lord, but uttered their impatience and the reproach of their murmuring against the Lord, 25Were destroyed by the destroyer, and perished by serpents. 26As for us therefore let us not revenge ourselves for these things which we suffer.… Cross References Judith 8:23 So Isaac, so Jacob, so Moses, and all that have pleased God, passed through many tribulations, remaining faithful. Judith 8:24 But they that did not receive the trials with the fear of the Lord, but uttered their impatience and the reproach of their murmuring against the Lord, Judith 8:26 As for us therefore let us not revenge ourselves for these things which we suffer. Judith 8:27 But esteeming these very punishments to be less than our sins deserve, let us believe that these scourges of the Lord, with which like servants we are chastised, have happened for our amendment, and not for our destruction. |