Judith 7:17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 So the army of the Ammonites moved forward, together with five thousand Assyrians, and they encamped in the valley and seized the water supply and the springs of the Israelites. More versionsCommon English Bible So the Ammonites together with five thousand Assyrians moved their camp to the valley and seized the Israelite water supply and springs. Catholic Public Domain Version We call to witness this day heaven and earth, and the God of our fathers, who takes vengeance upon us according to our sins, so that now you may deliver the city into the hand of the military of Holofernes. And may our end be brief, by the edge of the sword, that would be made longer by the dryness of thirst." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version We call to witness this day heaven and earth, and the God of our fathers, who taketh vengeance upon us according to our sins, conjuring you to deliver now the city into the hand of the army of Holofernes, that our end may be short by the edge of the sword, which is made longer by the drought of thirst. Good News Translation (US Version) The Moabites and 5,000 Assyrians moved their camp into the valley to control the source of the town's water. World English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers And the army of the children of Ammon moved, and with them five thousand of the children of Asshur, and they encamped in the valley. They seized the waters and the springs of the waters of the children of Israel. Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition Part of the Ammonite army and 5,000 Assyrian soldiers marched into the valley and took control of the springs that supplied Bethulia with water. |