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Jdt 11:3

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

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Jdt 11:3 · Douay-Rheims
“But now tell me, for what cause hast thou left them, and why it hath pleased thee to come to us?”
Post-Reformation c. 1650 – 1900
1849
A.D.
George Leo Haydock Catholic
1774–1849
“Why. Greek, “And art come to us? For thou art come for thy own safety. Take courage, for thou shalt live this night and henceforth, as no one shall hurt thee, but shall do thee good, as the servants of my lord, Nabuchodonosor, the king, are treated.””
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.