The interpretation timeline

Jdt 8:32

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

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Jdt 8:32 · Douay-Rheims
“You shall stand at the gate this night, and I will go out with my maidservant: and pray ye, that as you have said, in five days the Lord may look down upon his people Israel.”
Post-Reformation c. 1650 – 1900
1849
A.D.
1774–1849
“Servant. Greek abra , commonly (Haydock) denotes a maid of honour, (Worthington) or companion, though sometimes it is applied to people of loose morals. This servant had probably the administration of the affairs of her mistress, ver. 9. (Calmet) — Pray. Greek, “as you….the Lord will by my hand look,” &c.”
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.