The interpretation timeline

Jdt 16:13

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

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Jdt 16:13 · Douay-Rheims

“Then the camp of the Assyrians howled, when my lowly ones appeared, parched with thirst.”

Post-Reformation c. 1650 – 1900

1849

A.D.

George Leo Haydock Catholic

1774–1849

“Then. Greek, “Than my lowly ones (Haydock; she speaks thus contemptuously of the Assyrians.; Calmet) howled, my weak ones cried out through fear; they raised their voice, and were overthrown.” (Haydock) — Others think that she is speaking of her fellow-citizens, (Tirinus) or both. (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.