Judith 7:20
Good News Translation
The entire Assyrian army--infantry, chariots, and cavalry--blockaded Bethulia for thirty-four days until the town ran out of water.

New Revised Standard Version
The whole Assyrian army, their infantry, chariots, and cavalry, surrounded them for thirty-four days, until all the water containers of every inhabitant of Bethulia were empty;

Contemporary English Version
The entire Assyrian army, including the foot soldiers, the cavalry, and the soldiers in chariots, had surrounded Bethulia. And after 34 days, the town's water supply was almost gone--

New American Bible
The whole Assyrian army, infantry, chariots, and cavalry, kept them thus surrounded for thirty-four days. All the reservoirs of water failed the inhabitants of Bethulia,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Have thou mercy on us, because thou art good, or punish our iniquities by chastising us thyself, and deliver not them that trust in thee to a people that knoweth not thee,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Have thou mercy on us, because thou art good, or punish our iniquities by chastising us thyself, and deliver not them that trust in thee to a people that knoweth not thee,

Judith 7:18
And when they had said these things, there was great weeping and lamentation of all in the assembly, and for many hours with one voice they cried to God, saying:

Judith 7:19
We have sinned with our fathers, we have done unjustly, we have committed iniquity:

Judith 7:21
That they may not say among the Gentiles: Where is their God?

Judith 7:22
And when being wearied with these cries, and tired with these weepings, they held their peace,

Context
Judith 7
19We have sinned with our fathers, we have done unjustly, we have committed iniquity: 20Have thou mercy on us, because thou art good, or punish our iniquities by chastising us thyself, and deliver not them that trust in thee to a people that knoweth not thee, 21That they may not say among the Gentiles: Where is their God?…
Cross References
Judith 7:18
And when they had said these things, there was great weeping and lamentation of all in the assembly, and for many hours with one voice they cried to God, saying:

Judith 7:19
We have sinned with our fathers, we have done unjustly, we have committed iniquity:

Judith 7:21
That they may not say among the Gentiles: Where is their God?

Judith 7:22
And when being wearied with these cries, and tired with these weepings, they held their peace,



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Judith 7:19
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