George Leo Haydock
Catholic
1774–1849
“Stuck. Literally, “hurt him, overturning all his projects, (Calmet) as the Greek ( ethetesen ) intimates. (Menochius) — Him. Greek, “them, by the hand of a woman: For,” &c.”
The interpretation timeline
Jdt 16:7
How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.
From the early Church Fathers to now.
Jdt 16:7 · Douay-Rheims
“But the almighty Lord hath struck him, and hath delivered him into the hands of a woman, and hath slain him.”
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.