Judith 11:20-22

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

²⁰ Her words pleased Holofernes and all his servants. They marvelled at her wisdom and said, ²¹ ‘No other woman from one end of the earth to the other looks so beautiful or speaks so wisely!’ ²² Then Holofernes said to her, ‘God has done well to send you ahead of the people, to strengthen our hands and bring destruction on those who have despised my lord.