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Judith 13:14-16
New Catholic Bible
Judith 13:14-16
New Catholic Bible
14 Judith then cried out in a loud voice: “Praise God! Praise him! Praise God who has not withdrawn his mercy from the house of Israel but has destroyed our enemies by my hand this very night!”
15 Then she removed the head from the food pouch and held it up for them to see. “Behold the head of Holofernes,” she said, “the commander-in-chief of the Assyrian army, and here is the canopy under which he lay in a drunken daze. The Lord has struck him down by the hand of a woman. 16 As the Lord lives, who has protected me on my journey, I swear that it was my face that seduced him to his destruction, and that he committed no sinful act with me to cause my defilement or my disgrace.”[a]
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- Judith 13:16 The Vulgate (Jud 13:20-21) has a fuller text corresponding to this verse: “20As the Lord is a living God, his angel has protected me on the way to Holofernes, during my stay there, and on my return. The Lord has not allowed his handmaid to be defiled but has brought me back to you without stain of sin, rejoicing over his victory, my escape, and your deliverance. 21One and all, glorify him, for he is good, for his mercy endures forever” [see Ps 136:1].
