Passage Resources Hebrew/Greek Your Content
Previous Next
Add parallel Print Page Options

Judith 10:4-6
New American Bible (Revised Edition)

4 She chose sandals for her feet, and put on her anklets, bracelets, rings, earrings, and all her other jewelry.(A) Thus she made herself very beautiful, to entice the eyes of all the men who should see her.[a]

5 She gave her maid a skin of wine and a jug of oil. She filled a bag with roasted grain, dried fig cakes, and pure bread.[b](B) She wrapped all her dishes and gave them to the maid to carry.(C)

6 Then they went out to the gate of the city of Bethulia and found Uzziah and the elders of the city, Chabris and Charmis, standing there.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 10:4 Judith’s beauty overcomes all who meet her (8:7; 10:7, 14, 19, 23; 11:21, 23; 12:13).
  2. 10:5 Concern for Israel’s dietary laws, reflected in her selection of wine, roasted grain, and bread, emphasizes Judith’s religious fidelity (cf. 1 Sm 25:18 and Dn 1:8–16).
Next
Judith 9
Judith 11
Next
dropdown
New American Bible (Revised Edition) (NABRE)

Scripture texts, prefaces, introductions, footnotes and cross references used in this work are taken from the New American Bible, revised edition © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC All Rights Reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.