George Leo Haydock
Catholic
1774–1849
“Rested. This is attested, Deuteronomy xxxii. 10., and Jeremias ii. 6. (Menochius)”
The interpretation timeline
Jdt 5:14
How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.
From the early Church Fathers to now.
Jdt 5:14 · Douay-Rheims
“And after they came out of the Red Sea, they abode in the deserts of mount Sina, in which never man could dwell, or son of man rested.”
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.