Judith 7:9
Good News Translation
"Sir, if you listen to our advice, your troops will not suffer heavy losses.

New Revised Standard Version
“Listen to what we have to say, my lord, and your army will suffer no losses.

Contemporary English Version
Sir, listen to our advice, and we promise that your troops will not be defeated.

New American Bible
“Master, please listen to what we have to say, that there may be no losses among your forces.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Wherefore that thou mayst overcome them without joining battle, set guards at the springs that they may not draw water out of them, and thou shalt destroy them without sword, or at least being wearied out they will yield up their city, which they suppose, because it is situate in the mountains, to be impregnable.

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Wherefore that thou mayst overcome them without joining battle, set guards at the springs that they may not draw water out of them, and thou shalt destroy them without sword, or at least being wearied out they will yield up their city, which they suppose, because it is situate in the mountains, to be impregnable.

Judith 7:7
Nevertheless there were springs not far from the walls, out of which they were seen secretly to draw water, to refresh themselves a little rather than to drink their fill.

Judith 7:8
But the children of Ammon and Moab came to Holofernes, saying: The children of Israel trust not in their spears, nor in their arrows, but the mountains are their defence, and the steep hills and precipices guard them.

Judith 7:10
And these words pleased Holofernes, and his officers, and he placed all round about a hundred men at every spring.

Judith 7:11
And when they had kept this watch for full twenty days, the cisterns, and the reserve of waters failed among all the inhabitants of Bethulia, so that there was not within the city, enough to satisfy them, no not for one day, for water was daily given out to the people by measure.

Context
Judith 7
8But the children of Ammon and Moab came to Holofernes, saying: The children of Israel trust not in their spears, nor in their arrows, but the mountains are their defence, and the steep hills and precipices guard them. 9Wherefore that thou mayst overcome them without joining battle, set guards at the springs that they may not draw water out of them, and thou shalt destroy them without sword, or at least being wearied out they will yield up their city, which they suppose, because it is situate in the mountains, to be impregnable. 10And these words pleased Holofernes, and his officers, and he placed all round about a hundred men at every spring.…
Cross References
Judith 7:7
Nevertheless there were springs not far from the walls, out of which they were seen secretly to draw water, to refresh themselves a little rather than to drink their fill.

Judith 7:8
But the children of Ammon and Moab came to Holofernes, saying: The children of Israel trust not in their spears, nor in their arrows, but the mountains are their defence, and the steep hills and precipices guard them.

Judith 7:10
And these words pleased Holofernes, and his officers, and he placed all round about a hundred men at every spring.

Judith 7:11
And when they had kept this watch for full twenty days, the cisterns, and the reserve of waters failed among all the inhabitants of Bethulia, so that there was not within the city, enough to satisfy them, no not for one day, for water was daily given out to the people by measure.



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Judith 7:8
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