This book is not inspired by God and is not part of the Christian canon or the Jewish Tanakh. It is shown only for historical and study purposes. View full explanation Judith 5:8 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 20218 Since they had abandoned the ways of their ancestors and worshiped the God of heaven, the God they had come to know, their ancestors drove them out from the presence of their gods. So they fled to Mesopotamia and lived there for a long time. See the chapterMore versionsCommon English Bible8 They broke with the customs of their parents and worshipped the God of heaven, the God whom they knew. So their ancestors sent them away from the presence of their gods, and they fled to Mesopotamia, where they lived as strangers for a long time. See the chapterCatholic Public Domain Version8 And so, forsaking the ceremonies of their fathers, which were with a multitude of gods, See the chapterDouay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version8 Wherefore forsaking the ceremonies of their fathers, which consisted in the worship of many gods, See the chapterWorld English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers8 They departed from the way of their parents, and worshiped the God of heaven, the God whom they knew. Their parents cast them out from the face of their gods, and they fled into Mesopotamia and sojourned there many days. See the chapter |