Liber Iudith

Iudith, chapter 5 in the Vulgate version.

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

Chapter 5 Vulgate

   1 Et renuntiatum est Holoferni principi militiae virtutis Assyriae quoniam filii Israel praeparaverant se ad pugnam et transitus montanae concluserant et muris cinxerant omnem verticem montis excelsi et posuerant in campis offendicula.
   2 Et iratus est iracundia valde et convocavit omnes principes Moab et duces Ammon et omnes magistratus maritimae
   3 et dixit eis: "Renuntiate mihi, filii Chanaan: Quis est iste populus, qui sedet in montanis? Quae sunt autem, quas inhabitant, civitates, et quae est multitudo virtutis eorum? Et in quo est potestas et fortitudo eorum, et quis praeest super eos rex, dux militiae eorum?
   4 Et quare terga verterunt, ne venirent in obviam mihi prae omnibus, qui inhabitant ad occasum?".
   5 Et dixit ad eum Achior dux filiorum Ammon: "Audiat dominus meus verbum ex ore servi tui, et referam tibi veritatem de populo isto, qui inhabitat montana ista iuxta te, et non exibit mendacium ex ore servi tui.
   6 Populus hic est ex progenie Chaldaeorum
   7 et inhabitaverunt primum in Mesopotamia, quoniam noluerunt sequi deos patrum suorum, qui fuerunt in terra Chaldaeorum praeclari.
   8 Et declinaverunt de via parentum suorum et adoraverunt Deum caeli, Deum, quem cognoverunt; et eiecerunt eos a facie deorum suorum, et fugerunt in Mesopotamiam et inhabitaverunt ibi dies multos.
   9 Et dixit Deus eorum, ut exirent de peregrinatione ipsorum et irent in terram Chanaan. Et inhabitaverunt ibi et repleti sunt auro et argento et pecoribus multis valde.
   10 Et descenderunt in Aegyptum - cooperuerat enim fames faciem terrae Chanaan - et commorati sunt ibi, usquedum enutriti sunt et facti sunt ibi in multitudinem magnam, nec erat numerus generis eorum.
   11 Et insurrexerunt super eos Aegyptii et circumvenerunt eos in luto et latere, humiliaverunt eos et posuerunt eos in servos.
   12 Et clamaverunt ad Deum suum, et percussit totam terram Aegypti plagis, in quibus non erat medicina, et eiecerunt eos Aegyptii a facie sua.
   13 Et exsiccavit Deus Rubrum mare ante eos
   14 et eduxit eos in viam Sinai et Cadesbarne. Et eiecerunt omnes inhabitantes in eremo
   15 et habitaverunt in terra Amorraeorum et omnes Hesebonitas exstirpaverunt in virtute sua. Et transeuntes Iordanem possederunt totam montanam
   16 et eiecerunt a facie sua Chananaeum et Pherezaeum et Iebusaeum et Sichem et omnes Gergesaeos et habitaverunt in ea diebus multis.
   17 Et, usquedum non peccarent in conspectu Dei sui, erant cum ipsis bona, quia Deus odiens iniquitatem cum ipsis est.
   18 Sed, cum recesserunt a via, quam disposuerat illis, exterminati sunt in bellis multis multum valde et captivi ducti sunt in terram non suam, et templum Dei eorum devenit ad solum, et civitates eorum comprehensae sunt ab adversariis.
   19 Et nunc revertentes ad Deum suum ascenderunt a dispersione, qua dispersi fuerant, et possederunt Ierusalem, ubi sanctuarium eorum est, et inhabitaverunt in montana, quia erat deserta.
   20 Et nunc, dominator domine, siquidem est ignorantia in populo isto, et peccant in Deum suum, inspiciemus quoniam est in illis offendiculum hoc et ascendemus et expugnabimus eos;
   21 si autem non est iniquitas in ipsa gente, transeat dominus meus, ne forte protegat eos Dominus eorum et Deus eorum, et erimus in improperium coram omni terra".
   22 Et factum est, ut desiit loqui Achior verba haec, murmuravit omnis populus, qui erat in circuitu tabernaculi. Et dixerunt magnates Holoferni et omnes, qui habitabant maritimam et Moab, ut configerent eum:
   23" Non enim timebimus a filiis Israel; ecce enim populus, in quo non est virtus neque potestas in pugnam validam.
   24 Propter hoc ascendemus, et erunt in escam militiae tuae, dominator Holofernes".

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 Then was it declared to Holofernes, the chief captain of the army of Assur, that the children of Israel had prepared for war, and had shut up the passages of the hill country, and had fortified all the tops of the high hills and had laid impediments in the champaign countries:
   2 Wherewith he was very angry, and called all the princes of Moab, and the captains of Ammon, and all the governors of the sea coast,
   3 And he said unto them, Tell me now, ye sons of Chanaan, who this people is, that dwelleth in the hill country, and what are the cities that they inhabit, and what is the multitude of their army, and wherein is their power and strength, and what king is set over them, or captain of their army;
   4 And why have they determined not to come and meet me, more than all the inhabitants of the west.
   5 Then said Achior, the captain of all the sons of Ammon, Let my lord now hear a word from the mouth of thy servant, and I will declare unto thee the truth concerning this people, which dwelleth near thee, and inhabiteth the hill countries: and there shall no lie come out of the mouth of thy servant.
   6 This people are descended of the Chaldeans:
   7 And they sojourned heretofore in Mesopotamia, because they would not follow the gods of their fathers, which were in the land of Chaldea.
   8 For they left the way of their ancestors, and worshipped the God of heaven, the God whom they knew: so they cast them out from the face of their gods, and they fled into Mesopotamia, and sojourned there many days.
   9 Then their God commanded them to depart from the place where they sojourned, and to go into the land of Chanaan: where they dwelt, and were increased with gold and silver, and with very much cattle.
   10 But when a famine covered all the land of Chanaan, they went down into Egypt, and sojourned there, while they were nourished, and became there a great multitude, so that one could not number their nation.
   11 Therefore the king of Egypt rose up against them, and dealt subtilly with them, and brought them low with labouring in brick, and made them slaves.
   12 Then they cried unto their God, and he smote all the land of Egypt with incurable plagues: so the Egyptians cast them out of their sight.
   13 And God dried the Red sea before them,
   14 And brought them to mount Sina, and Cades-Barne, and cast forth all that dwelt in the wilderness.
   15 So they dwelt in the land of the Amorites, and they destroyed by their strength all them of Esebon, and passing over Jordan they possessed all the hill country.
   16 And they cast forth before them the Chanaanite, the Pherezite, the Jebusite, and the Sychemite, and all the Gergesites, and they dwelt in that country many days.
   17 And whilst they sinned not before their God, they prospered, because the God that hateth iniquity was with them.
   18 But when they departed from the way which he appointed them, they were destroyed in many battles very sore, and were led captives into a land that was not theirs, and the temple of their God was cast to the ground, and their cities were taken by the enemies.
   19 But now are they returned to their God, and are come up from the places where they were scattered, and have possessed Jerusalem, where their sanctuary is, and are seated in the hill country; for it was desolate.
   20 Now therefore, my lord and governor, if there be any error against this people, and they sin against their God, let us consider that this shall be their ruin, and let us go up, and we shall overcome them.
   21 But if there be no iniquity in their nation, let my lord now pass by, lest their Lord defend them, and their God be for them, and we become a reproach before all the world.
   22 And when Achior had finished these sayings, all the people standing round about the tent murmured, and the chief men of Holofernes, and all that dwelt by the sea side, and in Moab, spake that he should kill him.
   23 For, say they, we will not be afraid of the face of the children of Israel: for, lo, it is a people that have no strength nor power for a strong battle
   24 Now therefore, lord Holofernes, we will go up, and they shall be a prey to be devoured of all thine army.