Judith 5:3
Good News Translation
and said to them, "You live in Canaan, so tell me about the people who live in these mountains. Which cities do they occupy? How large is their army? What is the source of their power and strength? Who is the king who leads their army?

New Revised Standard Version
and said to them, “Tell me, you Canaanites, what people is this that lives in the hill country? What towns do they inhabit? How large is their army, and in what does their power and strength consist? Who rules over them as king and leads their army?

Contemporary English Version
He said to them: I want to know about these people who have settled in the hills of Canaan. You also live in Canaan, so tell me what cities they control, how large their army is, and what makes them powerful. Tell me who their king is and who commands their army.

New American Bible
In great anger he summoned all the rulers of Moab, the governors of Ammon, and all the satraps of the coastland

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he said to them: Tell me what is this people that besetteth the mountains: or what are their cities, and of what sort, and how great: also what is their power, or what is their multitude: or who is the king over their warfare:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And he said to them: Tell me what is this people that besetteth the mountains: or what are their cities, and of what sort, and how great: also what is their power, or what is their multitude: or who is the king over their warfare:

Judith 5:1
And it was told Holofernes the general of the army of the Assyrians, that the children of Israel prepared themselves to resist, and had shut up the ways of the mountains.

Judith 5:2
And he was transported with exceeding great fury and indignation, and he called all the princes of Moab and the leaders of Ammon.

Judith 5:4
And why they above all that dwell in the east, have despised us, and have not come out to meet us, that they might receive us with peace?

Judith 5:5
Then Achior captain of all the children of Ammon answering, said; If thou vouchsafe, my lord, to hear, I will tell the truth in thy sight concerning this people, that dwelleth in the mountains, and there shall not a false word come out of my mouth.

Context
Judith 5
2And he was transported with exceeding great fury and indignation, and he called all the princes of Moab and the leaders of Ammon. 3And he said to them: Tell me what is this people that besetteth the mountains: or what are their cities, and of what sort, and how great: also what is their power, or what is their multitude: or who is the king over their warfare: 4And why they above all that dwell in the east, have despised us, and have not come out to meet us, that they might receive us with peace?…
Cross References
Judith 5:1
And it was told Holofernes the general of the army of the Assyrians, that the children of Israel prepared themselves to resist, and had shut up the ways of the mountains.

Judith 5:2
And he was transported with exceeding great fury and indignation, and he called all the princes of Moab and the leaders of Ammon.

Judith 5:4
And why they above all that dwell in the east, have despised us, and have not come out to meet us, that they might receive us with peace?

Judith 5:5
Then Achior captain of all the children of Ammon answering, said; If thou vouchsafe, my lord, to hear, I will tell the truth in thy sight concerning this people, that dwelleth in the mountains, and there shall not a false word come out of my mouth.



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