George Leo Haydock
Catholic
1774–1849
“He will visit them, is not in Greek, and only expresses the same again. (Haydock)”
The interpretation timeline
Jdt 16:20
How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.
From the early Church Fathers to now.
Jdt 16:20 · Douay-Rheims
“Woe be to the nation that riseth up against my people: for the Lord almighty will take revenge on them, in the day of judgment he will visit them.”
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.