George Leo Haydock
Catholic
1774–1849
“Hands. We shall be treated as miserable slaves. (Calmet)”
The interpretation timeline
Jdt 7:13
How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.
From the early Church Fathers to now.
Jdt 7:13 · Douay-Rheims
“Said: God be judge between us and thee, for thou hast done evil against us, in that thou wouldst not speak peaceably with the Assyrians, and for this cause God hath sold us into their hands.”
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.