Judith 16:12 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Sons of female slaves pierced them through and wounded them like the children of fugitives; they perished before the army of my Lord.

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Sons of mere girls stabbed them and wounded them like the children of deserters. They perished before my Lord’s army.

The Persians were horrified at her constancy, and the Medes at her boldness.

The Persians quaked at her constancy: and the Medes at her boldness.

We are the descendants of slaves, but our enemies turned and ran; we killed them like runaway slaves. They were destroyed by the army of the Lord.

The children of slave-girls pierced them through, and wounded them as fugitives’ children. They perished by the army of my Lord.

Though our ancestors were slaves, we, the Lord's mighty army, attacked and killed enemy troops.