The interpretation timeline

Jdt 8:29

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

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Jdt 8:29 · Douay-Rheims
“Now therefore pray for us, for thou art a holy woman, and one fearing God.”
Post-Reformation c. 1650 – 1900
1849
A.D.
1774–1849
“God. Greek adds, “and the Lord will send rain to fill our reservoirs, and we shall faint no longer. And Judith replied: Hear me, and I will perform an action which shall come to the ears of all future generations of our race. You,” &c., ver. 32. (Haydock) — She did not tell what she was going to do. (Calmet)”
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.