◄ Judith 8:22 ►
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Good News Translation
He will hold us responsible for the slaughter and captivity of our people and for the destruction of the land we have inherited. We will be despised and mocked by the people in those nations to which we will be taken as slaves.

New Revised Standard Version
The slaughter of our kindred and the captivity of the land and the desolation of our inheritance—all this he will bring on our heads among the Gentiles, wherever we serve as slaves; and we shall be an offense and a disgrace in the eyes of those who acquire us.

Contemporary English Version
He will punish us for the slaughter of our people and for the destruction and capture of the land he gave us as our own. We will be slaves to other nations, and they will insult and make fun of us.

New American Bible
For the slaughter of our kindred, for the taking of exiles from the land, and for the devastation of our inheritance, he will hold us responsible among the nations. Wherever we are enslaved, we will be a scandal and a reproach in the eyes of our masters.

Douay-Rheims Bible
They must remember how our father Abraham was tempted, and being proved by many tribulations, was made the friend of God.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

They must remember how our father Abraham was tempted, and being proved by many tribulations, was made the friend of God.

Judith 8:20
Let us humbly wait for his consolation, and the Lord our God will require our blood of the afflictions of our enemies, and he will humble all the nations that shall rise up against us, and bring them to disgrace.

Judith 8:21
And now, brethren, as you are the ancients among the people of God, and their very soul resteth upon you: comfort their hearts by your speech, that they may be mindful how our fathers were tempted that they might be proved, whether they worshipped their God truly.

Judith 8:23
So Isaac, so Jacob, so Moses, and all that have pleased God, passed through many tribulations, remaining faithful.

Judith 8:24
But they that did not receive the trials with the fear of the Lord, but uttered their impatience and the reproach of their murmuring against the Lord,

Context
Judith 8
…21And now, brethren, as you are the ancients among the people of God, and their very soul resteth upon you: comfort their hearts by your speech, that they may be mindful how our fathers were tempted that they might be proved, whether they worshipped their God truly. 22They must remember how our father Abraham was tempted, and being proved by many tribulations, was made the friend of God. 23So Isaac, so Jacob, so Moses, and all that have pleased God, passed through many tribulations, remaining faithful.…
Cross References
Judith 8:20
Let us humbly wait for his consolation, and the Lord our God will require our blood of the afflictions of our enemies, and he will humble all the nations that shall rise up against us, and bring them to disgrace.

Judith 8:21
And now, brethren, as you are the ancients among the people of God, and their very soul resteth upon you: comfort their hearts by your speech, that they may be mindful how our fathers were tempted that they might be proved, whether they worshipped their God truly.

Judith 8:23
So Isaac, so Jacob, so Moses, and all that have pleased God, passed through many tribulations, remaining faithful.

Judith 8:24
But they that did not receive the trials with the fear of the Lord, but uttered their impatience and the reproach of their murmuring against the Lord,



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Judith 8:21
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