Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Sarah was so depressed that she burst into tears and went upstairs determined to hang herself. But when she thought it over, she said to herself, "No, I won't do it! People would insult my father and say, 'You had only one child, a daughter whom you loved dearly, but she hanged herself because she felt so miserable.' Such grief would bring my gray-haired father to his grave, and I would be responsible. I won't kill myself; I'll just beg the Lord to let me die. Then I won't have to listen to those insults any longer!" New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Wilt thou kill me also, as thou hast already killed seven husbands? At these words, she went into an upper chamber of her house: and for three days and three nights did neither eat nor drink: Tobit 3:8Because she had been given to seven husbands and a devil named Asmodeus had killed them, at their first going in unto her. Tobit 3:9 So when she reproved the maid for her fault, she answered her, saying: May we never see son, or daughter of thee upon the earth, thou murderer of thy husbands. Tobit 3:11 But continuing in prayer with tears besought God, that he would deliver her from this reproach. Tobit 3:12 And it came to pass on the third day when she was making an end of her prayer, blessing the Lord, Context Tobit 3…9So when she reproved the maid for her fault, she answered her, saying: May we never see son, or daughter of thee upon the earth, thou murderer of thy husbands. 10Wilt thou kill me also, as thou hast already killed seven husbands? At these words, she went into an upper chamber of her house: and for three days and three nights did neither eat nor drink: 11But continuing in prayer with tears besought God, that he would deliver her from this reproach.… Cross References Tobit 3:8 Because she had been given to seven husbands and a devil named Asmodeus had killed them, at their first going in unto her. Tobit 3:9 So when she reproved the maid for her fault, she answered her, saying: May we never see son, or daughter of thee upon the earth, thou murderer of thy husbands. Tobit 3:11 But continuing in prayer with tears besought God, that he would deliver her from this reproach. Tobit 3:12 And it came to pass on the third day when she was making an end of her prayer, blessing the Lord, |