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13 And for this cause I thought within me, and I said, I shall go to the face, or the presence, of the prince Holofernes, for to show to him the privates (or the secrets) of the men of Israel, and I shall show to him, by what entry he may get them, so that not one man of his host fall down [or so that there fall not one man of his host].

14 And when those men had heard the words of her, they beheld her face, and wondering was in their eyes, for they wondered greatly on her fairness. [And when those men had heard her words, they beheld her face, and she was in their eyes astoning (or astonishing), for they marvelled full much (at) the fairness of her.]

15 And they said to her, Thou hast kept thy life, for thou hast found such a counsel, that thou wouldest come down to our lord.

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