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Jdt 16:3

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

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Jdt 16:3 · Douay-Rheims
“The Lord putteth an end to wars, the Lord is his name.”
Post-Reformation c. 1650 – 1900
1849
A.D.
George Leo Haydock Catholic
1774–1849
“Wars, or destroys armies. (Haydock) — God is often represented as a mighty warrior, Isaias i. 24., Jeremias ii. 20., and Romans ix. 29. (Calmet) — This passage is quoted by St. Ephrem (ser. de 2. Adv.) as a part of Scripture. (Worthington) — Lord is. Greek, “For he has drawn me from the hands of my persecutors, into his camp, in the midst of the people.” (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.