George Leo Haydock
Catholic
1774–1849
“Cannot. Greek, “let my lord indeed pass by, lest their Lord should cover them with a shield, for their God is for them, and we,” &c.”
The interpretation timeline
Jdt 5:25
How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.
From the early Church Fathers to now.
Jdt 5:25 · Douay-Rheims
“But if there be no offense of this people in the sight of their God, we can not resist them, because their God will defend them: and we shall be a reproach to the whole earth.”
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.