The interpretation timeline

Jdt 13:5

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

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Jdt 13:5 · Douay-Rheims

“And Judith spoke to her maid to stand without before the chamber, and to watch:”

Post-Reformation c. 1650 – 1900

1849

A.D.

George Leo Haydock Catholic

1774–1849

“The. Greek, “her chamber.” — Watch. Greek adds, “her coming out, as on other days; for she had said she would go out to pray, and she had told this to Bagoas. And all had departed,” &c. All these precautions were necessary. (Haydock)”

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.