Liber Iudith

Iudith, chapter 10 in the Vulgate version.

There is no KJV of Judith, but it does appear in the Apocrypha, as shown below.

Chapter 10 Vulgate

   1 Et factum est, ut cessavit cla mans ad Deum Israel et con summavit omnia verba ista,
   2 surrexit de prostratione sua et vocavit abram suam et descendit in domum suam, in qua commorabatur in diebus sabbatorum et in diebus festis suis.
   3 Et abstulit cilicium, quod induerat, et exuit se vestimenta viduitatis suae et lavit corpus suum aqua et unxit se unguento spisso et pectinavit capillos capitis sui et imposuit mitram super caput suum et induit se vestimenta iucunditatis suae, quibus vestiebatur in diebus vitae viri sui Manasses.
   4 Et accepit soleas in pedes suos et imposuit periscelides et dextralia et anulos et inaures et omnem ornatum suum et composuit se nimis in seductionem oculorum virorum, quicumque viderent eam.
   5 Et porrexit abrae suae ascopam vini et vas olei et peram implevit alphitis et massa fici et panibus et caseo et plicavit omnia vasa sua et imposuit ei.
   6 Et abierunt ad portam civitatis Betuliae et invenerunt adstantem ad eam Oziam et seniores civitatis Chabrin et Charmin.
   7 Qui cum vidissent eam, et erat mutata facies eius, et vestem mutatam, mirati sunt valde et dixerunt ei:
   8" Deus patrum nostrorum det te in gratiam et consummet cogitationes tuas in gloriam filiorum Israel et in exaltationem Ierusalem".
   9 Et procidens in faciem adoravit Deum et dixit ad eos: "Praecipite aperiri portam civitatis, et exeam in consummationen verborum, quae locuti estis mecum". Et constituerunt iuvenibus aperiri ei, sicut locuti sunt;
   10 et fecerunt sic. Et exiit Iudith, ipsa et ancilla eius cum ea; et speculabantur eam viri civitatis, quoadusque descendit montem, usquedum transiit convallem, et iam non videbant eam.
   11 Et ibant in convallem in directum, et obviavit ei prima custodia Assyriorum.
   12 Et comprehenderunt eam et interrogaverunt eam: "Quorum es et unde venis et quo vadis?". Dixitque eis: "Filia sum ego Hebraeorum et recedo a facie ipsorum, quoniam incipiunt tradi vobis in devorationem.
   13 Et ego venio ad faciem Holofernis principis militiae virtutis vestrae, ut renuntiem ei verba veritatis et ostendam ante faciem ipsius viam, per quam vadat et dominetur universae montanae, et non discumveniat ex viris eius caro una, nec spiritus vitae".
   14 Et, ut audierunt viri verba eius et inspexerunt faciem eius - et erat in conspectu eorum mirabilis specie valde - dixerunt ad eam:
   15" Salvasti animam tuam in bonum festinans descendere ad faciem domini nostri. Et nunc accede ad tabernaculum eius; et ex nostris praemittent te, quousque tradant te in manibus eius.
   16 Si autem steteris in conspectu eius, noli timere corde tuo, sed renuntia illi secundum verba tua, et bene tibi faciet".
   17 Et elegerunt ex seipsis viros centum et adiunxerunt ei et abrae eius et perduxerunt eas ad tabernaculum Holofernis.
   18 Et factus est concursus in omnibus castris; innotuit enim in tabernaculis adventus eius. Et venerunt et circumdederunt eam stantem extra tabernaculum Holofernis, quoadusque nuntiaverunt ei de ea.
   19 Et mirabantur ad speciem eius et percipiebant verba eius, quia erant bona valde, et laudabant filios Israel propter eam. Et dixit unusquisque ad proximum suum: "Quis contemnet populum hunc, qui habet in se mulieres tales? Quoniam non est bonum derelinquere virum unum ex eis, qui relicti possint decipere totam terram".
   20 Et exierunt omnes cubicularii Holofernis et omnes famuli eius et induxerunt eam in tabernaculum eius.
   21 Et erat Holofernes requiescens in lectu suo in conopeo, quod erat ex purpura et auro et smaragdo et lapidibus pretiosissimis contextum.
   22 Et nuntiaverunt ei de ea. Qui cum audisset, exiit in proscaenium; et lampades argenteae praecedentes eum multae valde. Et induxerunt eam ad eum.
   23 Cum autem venit contra faciem eius Iudith et famulorum eius, laudaverunt omnes speciem faciei eius; procidensque in faciem adoravit eum, et suscitaverunt eam servi eius.

Source: Bibliorum Sacrorum Editio, Sacrosanti Oecumenici Concilii Vaticani II, Ratione Habita, Iussu Pauli PP. VI Recognita, Auctoritate Ioannis Pauli PP. II Promulgata, Editio Typica Altera

Apocrypha

   1 Now after that she had ceased to cry unto the God of Israel, and had made an end of all these words.
   2 She rose where she had fallen down, and called her maid, and went down into the house in the which she abode in the sabbath days, and in her feast days,
   3 And pulled off the sackcloth which she had on, and put off the garments of her widowhood, and washed her body all over with water, and anointed herself with precious ointment, and braided the hair of her head, and put on a tire upon it, and put on her garments of gladness, wherewith she was clad during the life of Manasses her husband.
   4 And she took sandals upon her feet, and put about her her bracelets, and her chains, and her rings, and her earrings, and all her ornaments, and decked herself bravely, to allure the eyes of all men that should see her.
   5 Then she gave her maid a bottle of wine, and a cruse of oil, and filled a bag with parched corn, and lumps of figs, and with fine bread; so she folded all these things together, and laid them upon her.
   6 Thus they went forth to the gate of the city of Bethulia, and found standing there Ozias and the ancients of the city, Chabris and Charmis.
   7 And when they saw her, that her countenance was altered, and her apparel was changed, they wondered at her beauty very greatly, and said unto her.
   8 The God, the God of our fathers give thee favour, and accomplish thine enterprizes to the glory of the children of Israel, and to the exaltation of Jerusalem. Then they worshipped God.
   9 And she said unto them, Command the gates of the city to be opened unto me, that I may go forth to accomplish the things whereof ye have spoken with me. So they commanded the young men to open unto her, as she had spoken.
   10 And when they had done so, Judith went out, she, and her maid with her; and the men of the city looked after her, until she was gone down the mountain, and till she had passed the valley, and could see her no more.
   11 Thus they went straight forth in the valley: and the first watch of the Assyrians met her,
   12 And took her, and asked her, Of what people art thou? and whence comest thou? and whither goest thou? And she said, I am a woman of the Hebrews, and am fled from them: for they shall be given you to be consumed:
   13 And I am coming before Holofernes the chief captain of your army, to declare words of truth; and I will shew him a way, whereby he shall go, and win all the hill country, without losing the body or life of any one of his men.
   14 Now when the men heard her words, and beheld her countenance, they wondered greatly at her beauty, and said unto her,
   15 Thou hast saved thy life, in that thou hast hasted to come down to the presence of our lord: now therefore come to his tent, and some of us shall conduct thee, until they have delivered thee to his hands.
   16 And when thou standest before him, be not afraid in thine heart, but shew unto him according to thy word; and he will entreat thee well.
   17 Then they chose out of them an hundred men to accompany her and her maid; and they brought her to the tent of Holofernes.
   18 Then was there a concourse throughout all the camp: for her coming was noised among the tents, and they came about her, as she stood without the tent of Holofernes, till they told him of her.
   19 And they wondered at her beauty, and admired the children of Israel because of her, and every one said to his neighbour, Who would despise this people, that have among them such women? surely it is not good that one man of them be left who being let go might deceive the whole earth.
   20 And they that lay near Holofernes went out, and all his servants and they brought her into the tent.
   21 Now Holofernes rested upon his bed under a canopy, which was woven with purple, and gold, and emeralds, and precious stones.
   22 So they shewed him of her; and he came out before his tent with silver lamps going before him.
   23 And when Judith was come before him and his servants they all marvelled at the beauty of her countenance; and she fell down upon her face, and did reverence unto him: and his servants took her up.