Judith 11:2 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 And now, if thy people that dwelleth in the hill country had not set light by me, I would not have lifted up my spear against them: but they have done these things to 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. |