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Judith 11:22

In 4 translations

KJV
Likewise Holofernes said unto her. God hath done well to send thee before the people, that strength might be in our hands and destruction upon them that lightly regard my lord.
WEB
Holofernes said to her, “God did well to send you before the people, that might would be in our hands, and destruction among those who slighted my lord.
DRC11:20
And Holofernes said to her: God hath done well who sent thee before the people, that thou mightest give them into our hands:
LXXE
Likewise Holofernes said unto her, God hath done well to send thee before the people, that strength might be in our hands, and destruction upon them that lightly regard my lord.

Original-language editions

LXX-Br
Καὶ εἶπε πρὸς αὐτὴν Ὀλοφέρνης, εὖ ἐποίησεν ὁ Θεὸς ἀποστείλας σε ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ λαοῦ, τοῦ γενηθῆναι ἐν χερσὶν ἡμῶν κράτος· ἐν δὲ τοῖς φαυλίσασι τὸν κύριόν μου, ἀπώλειαν.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 11:20 in some Bibles
  • 11:22 in most Bibles

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