Judith 11:2 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Even now, if your people who live in the hill country had not slighted me, I would never have lifted my spear against them. They have brought this on themselves. More versionsCommon English Bible Even now, if your people who live in the highlands hadn’t insulted me, I wouldn’t have raised my spear against them. But they have brought this on themselves. Catholic Public Domain Version But if your people had not despised me, I would not have lifted up my lance over them. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And if thy people had not despised me, I would never have lifted up my spear against them. Good News Translation (US Version) Even now, if your people up in the mountains had not insulted me, I would not have declared war on them. They have brought all this trouble on themselves. World English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers And now, if your people who dwell in the hill country had not slighted me, I would not have lifted up my spear against them; but they have done these things to themselves. Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition I wouldn't even be attacking your people in the hill country if they had surrendered to me. They insulted me by resisting, and so all this violence is their own fault. |