Good News Translation
Their hero was not slain by young soldiers or attacked and killed by mighty giants. It was Judith, the daughter of Merari, who brought him down with her beauty.

New Revised Standard Version
For she put away her widow’s clothing to exalt the oppressed in Israel. She anointed her face with perfume;

Contemporary English Version
The mighty Assyrian leader wasn't killed by young men or cruel warriors or giants. I, Judith the daughter of Merari, used my charm to strike him dead.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But the almighty Lord hath struck him, and hath delivered him into the hands of a woman, and hath slain him.

But the almighty Lord hath struck him, and hath delivered him into the hands of a woman, and hath slain him.

Judith 16:5
The Assyrian came out of the mountains from the north in the multitude of his strength: his multitude stopped up the torrents, and their horses covered the valleys.

Judith 16:6
He bragged that he would set my borders on fire, and kill my young men with the sword, to make my infants a prey, and my virgins captives.

Judith 16:8
For their mighty one did not fall by young men, neither did the sons of Titan strike him, nor tall giants oppose themselves to him, but Judith the daughter of Merari weakened him with the beauty of her face.

Judith 16:9
For she put off her the garments of widowhood, and put on her the garments of joy, to give joy to the children of Israel.