George Leo Haydock, on Jdt 8:28

“And Ozias and the ancients said to her: All things which thou hast spoken are true, and there is nothing to be reprehended in thy words.”

“Words. Greek adds, “for it is not to-day only that thy wisdom has appeared, but from thy earliest days all the people has known thy prudence, as the formation (Haydock. Syriac, the thought; Calmet) of thy heart is good. But the people was much oppressed with thirst, and they forced us to….take an oath, which we shall not break. Now,” &c. (Haydock) — It hence appears that Judith was not very young; and as many desired to marry her, (chap. ultra; Greek) we may conclude that she was of a middle age, or about thirty-five. (Houbigant)”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.