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Esth 14:8

How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Esth 14:8 · Douay-Rheims
“And now they are not content to oppress us with most hard bondage, but attributing the strength of their hands to the power of their idols,”
Post-Reformation c. 1650 – 1900
1849
A.D.
George Leo Haydock Catholic
1774–1849
“But. Greek Complutensian, “Yea, thou hast placed (or rather as the Alexandrian manuscript reads, they have placed) their hands upon the hands of their idols, (Haydock; making league together. Calmet) to tear away the decree of thy mouth,” (Haydock) and to put in execution the projects of (Menochius) the devil. (Haydock)”
Source
Modern · 1953 →

The in-app commentary runs from the Fathers to the early-modern record, then stops — that's where the public-domain sources end, not where the reading does. For the modern reading, follow the sources directly.