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Jdt 16:11

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

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Jdt 16:11 · Douay-Rheims
“Her sandals ravished his eyes, her beauty made his soul her captive, with a sword she cut off his head.”
Post-Reformation c. 1650 – 1900
1849
A.D.
George Leo Haydock Catholic
1774–1849
“Sandals. The bandages which tied the shoe-soles (Haydock) to the feet, were most ornamental, Isaias iii. The city of Antylla was assigned to furnish sandals for the queens of Egypt. (Herodotus xii. 98.) (Calmet) — With. Greek, “a sword ( acinace ) passed through his neck.””
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.