tunc miserunt legatos suos universarum urbium et provinciarum reges ac principes Syriae scilicet Mesopotamiae et Syriae Sobal et Lybiae atque Ciliciae qui venientes ad Holofernem dixerunt

Therefore, they sent envoys to him to sue for peace in these words:

They therefore sent messengers to him to sue for peace in these words:

All these nations sent a peace delegation to King Nebuchadnezzar with this message:

Then the kings and princes of all (the) cities and provinces, that is, of Syria, of Mesopotamia, and Celosyria (or Greater Syria), and of Lebanon, and of Cilicia, sent their messengers, [or their legates], (or their ambassadors). And when they came to Holofernes, they said,

So they sent messengers to sue for peace, and said,

They therefore sent messengers to him to sue for peace in these words:

They therefore sent messengers to him to sue for peace in these words:

So they sent messengers to Holofernes, requesting peace:

So they sent messengers to him to sue for peace in these words:

So they sent messengers to sue for peace, and said,

They therefore sent messengers to him to sue for peace in these words: