George Leo Haydock
Catholic
1774–1849
“Mice. They speak contemptuously of their foes, like the Philistines, 1 Kings xiv. 11. (Menochius)”
The interpretation timeline
Jdt 14:12
How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.
From the early Church Fathers to now.
Jdt 14:12 · Douay-Rheims
“Go in, and awake him, for the mice coming out of their holes, have presumed to challenge us to fight.”
Post-Reformation
c. 1650 – 1900
1849
A.D.
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.