Judith 11:1-3

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

11 Then Holofernes said to her: Be of good comfort, and fear not in thy heart: for I have never hurt a man that was willing to serve Nabuchodonosor the king.

² And if thy people had not despised me, I would never have lifted up my spear against them.

³ But now tell me, for what cause hast thou left them, and why it hath pleased thee to come to us?