George Leo Haydock
Catholic
1774–1849
“Waters, by earthquakes and storms, Job ix. 5., Isaias v. 25., and Psalm xvii. 8.”
The interpretation timeline
Jdt 16:18
How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.
From the early Church Fathers to now.
Jdt 16:18 · Douay-Rheims
“The mountains shall be moved from the foundations with the waters: the rooks shall melt as wax before thy face.”
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.