OLD TESTAMENT

Judith 8:29

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For this is not the first day wherein your wisdom is manifested; but from the beginning of your days all the people have known your understanding, because the disposition of your heart is good.

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Verse 29. God. Greek adds, “and the Lord will send rain to fill our reservoirs, and we shall faint no longer. And Judith replied: Hear me, and I will perform an action which shall come to the ears of all future generations of our race. You,” and so forth verse 32. Bible.—She did not tell what she was going to do. Calmet.

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