The interpretation timeline

Jdt 15:8

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

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Jdt 15:8 · Douay-Rheims
“But they that returned conquerors to Bethulia, brought with them all things that were theirs, so that there was no numbering of their cattle, and beasts, and all their moveables, insomuch that from the least to the greatest all were made rich by their spoils.”
Post-Reformation c. 1650 – 1900
1849
A.D.
1774–1849
“They. Greek, “The Israelites, returning from the slaughter, took possession of the remainder, and the villages and cities, both in the mountains and champaign country, took many spoils; for there was great abundance. But Joachim,” &c.”
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.