George Leo Haydock, on Jdt 8:32

“You shall stand at the gate this night, and I will go out with my maidservant: and pray ye, that as you have said, in five days the Lord may look down upon his people Israel.”

“Servant. Greek abra , commonly (Haydock) denotes a maid of honour, (Worthington) or companion, though sometimes it is applied to people of loose morals. This servant had probably the administration of the affairs of her mistress, ver. 9. (Calmet) — Pray. Greek, “as you….the Lord will by my hand look,” &c.”

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