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Jdt 2:9

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

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Jdt 2:9 · Douay-Rheims
“He appointed corn to be prepared out of all Syria in his passage.”
Post-Reformation c. 1650 – 1900
1849
A.D.
George Leo Haydock Catholic
1774–1849
“Syria: part of which, it seems, had submitted. (Calmet) — Greek, “and corn for every man, in abundance,” (Haydock) for fear it should be carried off in the countries which he invaded. (Menochius)”
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.