Judith 7:21
“And the cisternes were emptied, and they had not water to drinke their fill, for one day; for they gaue them drinke by measure.”
1611 King James Version (KJV)
Viewing the original 1611 KJV with archaic English spelling.
Click to switch to the Standard KJV.
Why is Judith shown with the King James Bible?
Judith 7:21 Context
19Then the children of Israel cried vnto the Lord their God, because their heart failed, for all their enemies had compassed them round about, & there was no way to escape out from among them. 20Thus all the company of Assur remained about them, both their footmen, charets and horsemen, foure and thirtie dayes, so that all their vessels of water failed all the inhabitants of Bethulia. 21And the cisternes were emptied, and they had not water to drinke their fill, for one day; for they gaue them drinke by measure. 22Therefore their young children were out of heart, and their women and yong men fainted for thirst, and fell downe in the streetes of the city, and by the passages of the gates, and there was no longer any strength in them. 23Then all the people assembled to Ozias, and to the chiefe of the city, both young men, and women, and children, and cryed with a loude voice, and saide before all the Elders;
Share This Verse:
And the cisterns were emptied, and they had not water to drink their fill for one day; for they gave them drink by measure.
- King James Version
and the cisterns were emptied. And they did not have enough water to drink their fill for even one day, for they rationed their water.
- World English Bible