Judith 12:12
Good News Translation
It would be a shame to pass up an opportunity to make love to a woman like that. If I don't try to seduce her, she will laugh at me."

New Revised Standard Version
For it would be a disgrace if we let such a woman go without having intercourse with her. If we do not seduce her, she will laugh at us.”

Contemporary English Version
It would be a shame not to sleep with such a beautiful woman. I'm sure she would laugh at us, if I didn't at least try to talk her into it."

New American Bible
It would bring shame on us to be with such a woman without enjoying her. If we do not seduce her, she will laugh at us.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
Then Vagao went in to Judith, and said: Let not my good maid be afraid to go in to my lord, that she may be honoured before his face, that she may eat with him and drink wine and be merry.

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Then Vagao went in to Judith, and said: Let not my good maid be afraid to go in to my lord, that she may be honoured before his face, that she may eat with him and drink wine and be merry.

Judith 12:10
And it came to pass on the fourth day, that Holofernes made a supper for his servants, and said to Vagao his eunuch: Go, and persuade that Hebrew woman, to consent of her own accord to dwell with me.

Judith 12:11
For it is looked upon as shameful among the Assyrians, if a woman mock a man, by doing so as to pass free from him.

Judith 12:13
And Judith answered him: Who am I, that I should gainsay my lord?

Judith 12:14
All that shall be good and best before his eyes, I will do. And whatsoever shall please him, that shall be best to me all the days of my life.

Context
Judith 12
11For it is looked upon as shameful among the Assyrians, if a woman mock a man, by doing so as to pass free from him. 12Then Vagao went in to Judith, and said: Let not my good maid be afraid to go in to my lord, that she may be honoured before his face, that she may eat with him and drink wine and be merry. 13And Judith answered him: Who am I, that I should gainsay my lord?…
Cross References
Judith 12:10
And it came to pass on the fourth day, that Holofernes made a supper for his servants, and said to Vagao his eunuch: Go, and persuade that Hebrew woman, to consent of her own accord to dwell with me.

Judith 12:11
For it is looked upon as shameful among the Assyrians, if a woman mock a man, by doing so as to pass free from him.

Judith 12:13
And Judith answered him: Who am I, that I should gainsay my lord?

Judith 12:14
All that shall be good and best before his eyes, I will do. And whatsoever shall please him, that shall be best to me all the days of my life.



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Judith 12:11
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