George Leo Haydock
Catholic
1774–1849
“Gloried. Fool, this night wilt thou perish, Luke xii. 20. (Worthington)”
The interpretation timeline
Jdt 1:4
How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.
From the early Church Fathers to now.
Jdt 1:4 · Douay-Rheims
“And he gloried as a mighty one in the force of his army and in the glory of his chariots.”
Post-Reformation
c. 1650 – 1900
1849
A.D.
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.