The interpretation timeline

Jdt 13:27

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

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Jdt 13:27 · Douay-Rheims
“And Achior being called for came, and Judith said to him: The God of Israel, to whom thou gavest testimony, that he revengeth himself of his enemies, he hath cut off the head of all the unbelievers this night by my hand.”
Post-Reformation c. 1650 – 1900
1849
A.D.
1774–1849
“And. This is related after ver. 5, in the following chapter, in Greek, Syriac, and the old Vulgate, (Calmet) and indeed it seems to be there in its proper place. — Head, or general. (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.