George Leo Haydock
Catholic
1774–1849
“Was made. Greek, “returned also to Bethulia, and dwelt on her own possessions; and in her time, was honourable throughout all the land.””
The interpretation timeline
Jdt 16:25
How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.
From the early Church Fathers to now.
Jdt 16:25 · Douay-Rheims
“And after those days every man returned to his house, and Judith was made great in Bethulia, and she was most renowned in all the land of Israel.”
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.