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Vulgate (Latin)   
tunc introivit Bagao ad Iudith et dixit non vereatur bona puella introire ad dominum meum ut honorificetur ante faciem eius et manducet cum eo et bibat vinum in iucunditate

King James Variants

Other translations
New Catholic Bible   
We would be disgraced if we let such a woman go without enjoying her favors. If we do not seduce her, she will laugh us to scorn.”
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
For it would be a disgrace if we let such a woman go without having intercourse with her. If we do not seduce her, she will laugh at us.”
Good News Translation®   
It would be a shame to pass up an opportunity to make love to a woman like that. If I don't try to seduce her, she will laugh at me.
Wycliffe Bible   
Then Bagoas entered in to Judith, and said, A good damsel be not ashamed to enter to my lord, (so) that she be honoured before his face, and that she eat with him, and drink wine with gladness. [Then went in Bagoas to Judith, and said, Be not adread, thou good child maid, to go into my lord, that she be made worshipful before his face, and eat she with him, and drink wine with gladness.]
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
For it will be a disgrace if we let such a woman go without enjoying her company, for if we do not embrace her she will laugh at us.”
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
For it would be a disgrace if we let such a woman go without being intimate with her. If we do not seduce her, she will laugh at us.”
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
For it would be a disgrace if we let such a woman go without having intercourse with her. If we do not seduce her, she will laugh at us.’
Common English Bible © 2011   
It would be a shame for us to let such a woman go without having sex with her. If we don’t reel her in, she’ll laugh at us.”
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
It would bring shame on us to be with such a woman without enjoying her. If we do not seduce her, she will laugh at us.”
Revised Standard Version   
For it will be a disgrace if we let such a woman go without enjoying her company, for if we do not embrace her she will laugh at us.”
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
For it would be a disgrace if we let such a woman go without having intercourse with her. If we do not seduce her, she will laugh at us.’