The interpretation timeline

Jdt 2:5

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

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Jdt 2:5 · Douay-Rheims
“And said to him: Go out against all the kingdoms of the west, and against them especially that despised my commandment.”
Post-Reformation c. 1650 – 1900
1849
A.D.
1774–1849
“Commandment. Greek adds, he must demand “earth and water,” as an acknowledgment of his dominion, and that all necessaries of life belonged to him. This custom prevailed in Persia. (Herodotus iv. 123.) (Polyb. xix.) (Brisson iii.)”
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.