The interpretation timeline

Jdt 12:1

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

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Jdt 12:1 · Douay-Rheims
“Then he ordered that she should go in where his treasures were laid up, and bade her tarry there, and he appointed what should be given her from his own table.”
Post-Reformation c. 1650 – 1900
1849
A.D.
1774–1849
“And bade. Greek, “and ordered a bed (or table) to be prepared for her, to eat of his own meat, and drink of his wine,” (Haydock) that her beauty might be enhanced, (Daniel i.) and to honour her. (Menochius)”
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.