Judith 11:20-22

Common English Bible

²⁰ Everything she said pleased Holofernes and all his attendants. They wondered at her wisdom and said to her, ²¹ “There isn’t another woman anywhere in the whole world as lovely in appearance or as wise in speech.”

²² Holofernes said to her, “God did well by sending you ahead of the people to strengthen our hands and to bring destruction on those who despise my master.