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Judith 8:30
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Judith 8:30
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
30 The people, however, were so thirsty that they forced us to do for them as we have promised, and to bind ourselves by an oath that we cannot break.[a](A)
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- 8:30–31 An oath that we cannot break: Uzziah’s request that Judith pray for rain underscores his lack of imagination concerning how God’s deliverance might come.
New American Bible (Revised Edition) (NABRE)
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