The interpretation timeline

Jdt 6:18

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

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Jdt 6:18 · Douay-Rheims
“And when the Lord our God shall give this liberty to his servants, let God be with thee also in the midst of us: that as it shall please thee, so thou with all thine mayst converse with us.”
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.