Judith 6:2
Good News Translation
"Achior, who do you think you are, acting like a prophet? Who are you to tell us not to go to war against the Israelites because some god will defend them? Nebuchadnezzar is our god, and that's all that matters. He will send his army and wipe these Israelites off the face of the earth. Their god can't help them.

New Revised Standard Version
“Who are you, Achior and you mercenaries of Ephraim, to prophesy among us as you have done today and tell us not to make war against the people of Israel because their God will defend them? What god is there except Nebuchadnezzar? He will send his forces and destroy them from the face of the earth. Their God will not save them;

Contemporary English Version
Achior, who do you think you are, coming here with your hired soldiers from Ephraim? You must think you're some kind of prophet! You warned us not to fight against the Israelites because their God will defend them. But King Nebuchadnezzar is the only god! He will send enough troops to completely wipe them out, and the God of those Israelites won't be able to help them.

New American Bible
“Who are you, Achior and the mercenaries of Ephraim, to prophesy among us as you have done today, and to tell us not to fight against the people of Israel because their God shields them? Who is God beside Nebuchadnezzar? He will send his force and destroy them from the face of the earth. Their God will not save them;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Because thou hast prophesied unto us, saying: That the nation of Israel is defended by their God, to shew thee that there is no God, but Nabuchodonosor:

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Because thou hast prophesied unto us, saying: That the nation of Israel is defended by their God, to shew thee that there is no God, but Nabuchodonosor:

Judith 5:29
That every nation may know that Nabuchodonosor is god of the earth, and besides him there is no other.

Judith 6:1
And it came to pass when they had left off speaking, that Holofernes being in a violent passion, said to Achior:

Judith 6:3
When we shall slay them all as one man, then thou also shalt die with them by the sword of the Assyrians, and all Israel shall perish with thee:

Judith 6:4
And thou shalt find that Nabuchodonosor is lord of the whole earth: and then the sword of my soldiers shall pass through thy sides, and thou shalt be stabbed and fall among the wounded of Israel, and thou shalt breathe no more till thou be destroyed with them.

Context
Judith 6
1And it came to pass when they had left off speaking, that Holofernes being in a violent passion, said to Achior: 2Because thou hast prophesied unto us, saying: That the nation of Israel is defended by their God, to shew thee that there is no God, but Nabuchodonosor: 3When we shall slay them all as one man, then thou also shalt die with them by the sword of the Assyrians, and all Israel shall perish with thee:…
Cross References
Judith 5:29
That every nation may know that Nabuchodonosor is god of the earth, and besides him there is no other.

Judith 6:1
And it came to pass when they had left off speaking, that Holofernes being in a violent passion, said to Achior:

Judith 6:3
When we shall slay them all as one man, then thou also shalt die with them by the sword of the Assyrians, and all Israel shall perish with thee:

Judith 6:4
And thou shalt find that Nabuchodonosor is lord of the whole earth: and then the sword of my soldiers shall pass through thy sides, and thou shalt be stabbed and fall among the wounded of Israel, and thou shalt breathe no more till thou be destroyed with them.



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Judith 6:1
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