Judith 16:9
Good News Translation
Her dainty sandal caught his eye; her beauty captured his heart. Then the sword slashed through his neck.

New Revised Standard Version
Her sandal ravished his eyes, her beauty captivated his mind, and the sword severed his neck!

Contemporary English Version
and placed a fancy headband in my hair, and I dressed in linen to attract and fool him. [9] He liked my sandals and thought I was lovely; then I took his own sword and cut off his head.

New American Bible
She took off her widow’s garb to raise up the afflicted in Israel. She anointed her face with fragrant oil;

Douay-Rheims Bible
For she put off her the garments of widowhood, and put on her the garments of joy, to give joy to the children of Israel.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

For she put off her the garments of widowhood, and put on her the garments of joy, to give joy to the children of Israel.

Judith 16:7
But the almighty Lord hath struck him, and hath delivered him into the hands of a woman, and hath slain him.

Judith 16:8
For their mighty one did not fall by young men, neither did the sons of Titan strike him, nor tall giants oppose themselves to him, but Judith the daughter of Merari weakened him with the beauty of her face.

Judith 16:10
She anointed her face with ointment, and bound up her locks with a crown, she took a new robe to deceive him.

Judith 16:11
Her sandals ravished his eyes, her beauty made his soul her captive, with a sword she cut off his head.

Context
Judith 16
8For their mighty one did not fall by young men, neither did the sons of Titan strike him, nor tall giants oppose themselves to him, but Judith the daughter of Merari weakened him with the beauty of her face. 9For she put off her the garments of widowhood, and put on her the garments of joy, to give joy to the children of Israel. 10She anointed her face with ointment, and bound up her locks with a crown, she took a new robe to deceive him.…
Cross References
Judith 16:7
But the almighty Lord hath struck him, and hath delivered him into the hands of a woman, and hath slain him.

Judith 16:8
For their mighty one did not fall by young men, neither did the sons of Titan strike him, nor tall giants oppose themselves to him, but Judith the daughter of Merari weakened him with the beauty of her face.

Judith 16:10
She anointed her face with ointment, and bound up her locks with a crown, she took a new robe to deceive him.

Judith 16:11
Her sandals ravished his eyes, her beauty made his soul her captive, with a sword she cut off his head.



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Judith 16:8
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