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Jdt 11:4

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

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Jdt 11:4 · Douay-Rheims
“And Judith said to him: Receive the words of thy handmaid, for if thou wilt follow the words of thy handmaid, the Lord will do with thee a perfect thing.”
Post-Reformation c. 1650 – 1900
1849
A.D.
George Leo Haydock Catholic
1774–1849
“Handmaid. Greek adds, “and I will tell no untruth to my lord this night, for,” &c. — Thing. Greek adds, “and none of the projects of my lord shall fail.” (Haydock) — All that Judith said was true in her sense, though the enemy did not understand her properly. So Josue lawfully entrapped the citizens of Hai. (St. Augustine, q. 10. in Josue viii.) (Worthington)”
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.