The interpretation timeline

Jdt 13:16

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

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Jdt 13:16 · Douay-Rheims
“And lighting up lights they all gathered round about her: and she went up to a higher place, and commanded silence to be made. And when all had held their peace,”
Post-Reformation c. 1650 – 1900
1849
A.D.
1774–1849
“And she. Greek, “said to them with a loud voice: Praise God, praise, yea praise God, because he hath not withdrawn his mercy from the house of Israel, but hath destroyed our enemies by my hand this night.” (Haydock)”
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.