George Leo Haydock
Catholic
1774–1849
“Oppressed. Greek, “craftily inveigled them,” Exodus i. 10.”
The interpretation timeline
Jdt 5:10
How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.
From the early Church Fathers to now.
Jdt 5:10 · Douay-Rheims
“And when the king of Egypt oppressed them, and made slaves of them to labour in clay and brick, in the building of his cities, they cried to their Lord, and he struck the whole land of Egypt with divers plagues.”
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.