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 9:4 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 20214 You gave up their wives for plunder and their daughters to captivity and all their spoils to be divided among your beloved children who burned with zeal for you and abhorred the pollution of their blood and called on you for help. O God, my God, hear me also, a widow. See the chapterMore versionsCommon English Bible4 You handed over their women as booty and their daughters as prisoners. You gave all of their property to be divided up among your dearly loved children, who burned with holy zeal for you and hated the pollution of their blood, and called on you for help. God, my God, also hear me—a widow. See the chapterCatholic Public Domain Version4 For you have acted in the past, and you have decided one thing after another. And what you have willed, this too has happened. See the chapterDouay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version4 For thou hast done the things of old, and hast devised one thing after another: and what thou hast designed hath been done. See the chapterGood News Translation (US Version)4 You let their wives be carried off, their daughters taken captive, and their possessions plundered by the Israelites, your chosen people, who were eager to do your will. Dinah's brothers were furious because of this disgrace to their family, so they called on you for help. “O my God, listen to my prayer, the prayer of a widow. See the chapterWorld English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers4 and gave their wives for a prey, and their daughters to be captives, and all their spoils to be divided among your dear children; which were moved with zeal for you, and abhorred the pollution of their blood, and called upon you for aid. O God, O my God, hear me also who am a widow. See the chapter |