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Jdt 5:4

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

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Jdt 5:4 · Douay-Rheims
“And why they above all that dwell in the east, have despised us, and have not come out to meet us, that they might receive us with peace?”
Post-Reformation c. 1650 – 1900
1849
A.D.
George Leo Haydock Catholic
1774–1849
“East. Greek, “west,” which seems more accurate, unless Holofernes was on the sea-coast, (Calmet) or that part of the country went by this name, as it does at present. (Haydock) — He was not absolutely unacquainted with the Jews, but spoke in contempt, (ver. 27.; Worthington; Menochius) and wished to know if they had formed a league with the Egyptians, &c. (Calmet)”
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.