Judith 11:2
Good News Translation
Even now, if your people up in the mountains had not insulted me, I would not have declared war on them. They have brought all this trouble on themselves.

New Revised Standard Version
Even now, if your people who live in the hill country had not slighted me, I would never have lifted my spear against them. They have brought this on themselves.

Contemporary English Version
I wouldn't even be attacking your people in the hill country if they had surrendered to me. They insulted me by resisting, and so all this violence is their own fault.

New American Bible
As for your people who live in the hill country, I would never have raised my spear against them, had they not insulted me. They have brought this upon themselves.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And if thy people had not despised me, I would never have lifted up my spear against them.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And if thy people had not despised me, I would never have lifted up my spear against them.

Judith 10:20
After she had looked on his face, bowed down to him, prostrating herself to the ground. And the servants of Holofernes lifted her up, by the command of their master.

Judith 11:1
Then Holofernes said to her: Be of good comfort, and fear not in thy heart: for I have never hurt a man that was willing to serve Nabuchodonosor the king.

Judith 11:3
But now tell me, for what cause hast thou left them, and why it hath pleased thee to come to us?

Judith 11:4
And Judith said to him: Receive the words of thy handmaid, for if thou wilt follow the words of thy handmaid, the Lord will do with thee a perfect thing.

Context
Judith 11
1Then Holofernes said to her: Be of good comfort, and fear not in thy heart: for I have never hurt a man that was willing to serve Nabuchodonosor the king. 2And if thy people had not despised me, I would never have lifted up my spear against them. 3But now tell me, for what cause hast thou left them, and why it hath pleased thee to come to us?…
Cross References
Judith 10:20
After she had looked on his face, bowed down to him, prostrating herself to the ground. And the servants of Holofernes lifted her up, by the command of their master.

Judith 11:1
Then Holofernes said to her: Be of good comfort, and fear not in thy heart: for I have never hurt a man that was willing to serve Nabuchodonosor the king.

Judith 11:3
But now tell me, for what cause hast thou left them, and why it hath pleased thee to come to us?

Judith 11:4
And Judith said to him: Receive the words of thy handmaid, for if thou wilt follow the words of thy handmaid, the Lord will do with thee a perfect thing.



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Judith 11:1
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