When the men heard her words, and observed her face—she was in their eyes marvelously beautiful: Good News Translation translates observed her face with “stared at her.” This pictures the men as rather crude and impolite; this is not really implied in the text. The verb in question does mean more than just “looked at”; they “contemplated/studied” her face. But prior to that the author says they listened to her. To be sure they were struck by her beauty, but more astonishing was what she had to say. She was in their eyes marvelously beautiful interrupts the sentence, but it is effective. It is as if they can hardly keep their minds on her words, they are so distracted by her good looks.

Quoted with permission from Bullard, Roger A. and Hatton, Howard A. A Handbook on Judith. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 2001. For this and other handbooks for translators see here.