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Jdt 8:18

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

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Jdt 8:18 · Douay-Rheims
“For we have not followed the sins of our fathers, who forsook their God, and worshipped strange gods.”
Post-Reformation c. 1650 – 1900
1849
A.D.
George Leo Haydock Catholic
1774–1849
“For. Greek, “As there has not arisen in our families generations, nor is there at this day either tribe, or family, or populace, or city among us, adoring gods made with hands, as it happened in days past;” in the former part of the reign of Manasses. All had begun to open their eyes, at the sight of the dreadful catastrophe. (Haydock)”
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.