Tobit 3:8 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional For she had been married to seven husbands, and the wicked demon Asmodeus had killed each of them before they had been with her as is customary for wives. So the maid said to her, “You are the one who kills your husbands! See, you have already been married to seven husbands and have not borne the name of a single one of them. More versionsCommon English Bible Sarah had been given in marriage to seven husbands; and Asmodeus, an evil demon, killed them before they could lie with her as newlyweds do. And so the female servant said to her, “You are the one who keeps killing your husbands! See, you have already been given to seven husbands, and you haven’t carried the name of any of them. Catholic Public Domain Version For she had been given to seven husbands, and a demon named Asmodeus had killed them, as soon as they had approached her. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Because she had been given to seven husbands, and a devil named Asmodeus had killed them, at their first going in unto her. Good News Translation (US Version) Sarah had been married seven times, but the evil demon, Asmodeus, killed each husband before the marriage could be consummated. The servant woman said to Sarah, “You husband killer! Look at you! You've already had seven husbands, but not one of them lived long enough to give you a son. World English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers because that she had been given to seven husbands, and Asmodaeus the evil spirit killed them, before they had lain with her. And they said to her, “Do you not know that you strangle your husbands? You have had already seven husbands, and you haven’t borne the name of any one of them. Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition Sarah had gone through seven wedding ceremonies with seven different husbands, but each time, before she and her new husband had gone to bed on their wedding night, he was killed by the demon Asmodeus. That's why the servant had told her, “You've already been married seven times, and each of those times you have killed your husband before he could give you a son. |