Judith 11:16
Good News Translation
As soon as I learned about this, I ran away from my people. God has sent me to do something with you that will amaze everyone in the entire world who hears about it.

New Revised Standard Version
“So when I, your slave, learned all this, I fled from them. God has sent me to accomplish with you things that will astonish the whole world wherever people shall hear about them.

Contemporary English Version
As soon as I realized what was happening, I hurried away from Bethulia. God has sent me here to help you do things that will shock everyone in the world. I am your servant,

New American Bible
“As soon as I, your servant, learned all this, I fled from them. God has sent me to perform with you such deeds as will astonish people throughout the whole earth who hear of them.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Because these things are told me by the providence of God.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Because these things are told me by the providence of God.

Judith 11:14
For I thy handmaid worship God even now that I am with thee, and thy handmaid will go out, and I will pray to God,

Judith 11:15
And he will tell me when he will repay them for their sins, and I will come and tell thee, so that I may bring thee through the midst of Jerusalem, and thou shalt have all the people of Israel, as sheep that have no shepherd, and there shall not so much as one dog bark against thee:

Judith 11:17
And because God is angry with them, I am sent to tell these very things to thee.

Judith 11:18
And all these words pleased Holofernes, and his servants, and they admired her wisdom, and they said one to another:

Context
Judith 11
15And he will tell me when he will repay them for their sins, and I will come and tell thee, so that I may bring thee through the midst of Jerusalem, and thou shalt have all the people of Israel, as sheep that have no shepherd, and there shall not so much as one dog bark against thee: 16Because these things are told me by the providence of God. 17And because God is angry with them, I am sent to tell these very things to thee.…
Cross References
Judith 11:14
For I thy handmaid worship God even now that I am with thee, and thy handmaid will go out, and I will pray to God,

Judith 11:15
And he will tell me when he will repay them for their sins, and I will come and tell thee, so that I may bring thee through the midst of Jerusalem, and thou shalt have all the people of Israel, as sheep that have no shepherd, and there shall not so much as one dog bark against thee:

Judith 11:17
And because God is angry with them, I am sent to tell these very things to thee.

Judith 11:18
And all these words pleased Holofernes, and his servants, and they admired her wisdom, and they said one to another:



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Judith 11:15
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