Judith 8:12
Good News Translation
What right do you have to put God to the test as you have done today? Who are you to put yourselves in God's place in dealing with human affairs?

New Revised Standard Version
Who are you to put God to the test today, and to set yourselves up in the place of God in human affairs?

Contemporary English Version
You have no right to test God like that, and you certainly have no business trying to control the lives of people. God is in control of that.

New American Bible
Who are you to put God to the test today, setting yourselves in the place of God in human affairs?

Douay-Rheims Bible
This is not a word that may draw down mercy, but rather that may stir up wrath, and enkindle indignation.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

This is not a word that may draw down mercy, but rather that may stir up wrath, and enkindle indignation.

Judith 8:10
And they came to her, and she said to them: What is this word, by which Ozias hath consented to give up the city to the Assyrians, if within five days there come no aid to us?

Judith 8:11
And who are you that tempt the Lord?

Judith 8:13
You have set a time for the mercy of the Lord, and you have appointed him a day, according to your pleasure.

Judith 8:14
But forasmuch as the Lord is patient, let us be penitent for this same thing, and with many tears let us beg his pardon:

Context
Judith 8
11And who are you that tempt the Lord? 12This is not a word that may draw down mercy, but rather that may stir up wrath, and enkindle indignation. 13You have set a time for the mercy of the Lord, and you have appointed him a day, according to your pleasure.…
Cross References
Judith 8:10
And they came to her, and she said to them: What is this word, by which Ozias hath consented to give up the city to the Assyrians, if within five days there come no aid to us?

Judith 8:11
And who are you that tempt the Lord?

Judith 8:13
You have set a time for the mercy of the Lord, and you have appointed him a day, according to your pleasure.

Judith 8:14
But forasmuch as the Lord is patient, let us be penitent for this same thing, and with many tears let us beg his pardon:



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Judith 8:11
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