Judith 10:19-21

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

¹⁹ They marveled at her beauty and admired the Israelites, judging them by her. They said to one another, “Who can despise these people, who have women like this among them? It is not wise to leave one of their men alive, for if we let them go they will be able to beguile the whole world!”^(A)

Judith Is Brought before Holofernes

²⁰ Then the guards of Holofernes and all his attendants came out and led her into the tent.^{(B) 21} Holofernes was resting on his bed under a canopy that was woven with purple, gold, emeralds, and other precious stones.^(C)