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Jdt 15:1

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From the early Church Fathers to now.

Jdt 15:1 · Douay-Rheims

“And when all the army heard that Holofernes was beheaded, courage and counsel fled from them, and being seized with trembling and fear they thought only to save themselves by flight:”

Post-Reformation c. 1650 – 1900

1849

A.D.

George Leo Haydock Catholic

1774–1849

“All. Greek, “Those who were in the tents heard, they were astonished at the fact; and fear and trembling fell upon them, and there was not a man remaining before his neighbour; but rushing out, with one accord, they fled through every path, in the plains and in the mountains; and those who were encamped in the high places around Bethulia, (Haydock; the Moabites, &c., chap. vii. 8.; Calmet) fled. Then every warrior of Israel rushed out upon them, and Ozias,” ver. 5.”

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Modern · 1953 →

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