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Jdt 8:4

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

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Jdt 8:4 · Douay-Rheims
“And Judith his relict was a widow now three years and six months.”
Post-Reformation c. 1650 – 1900
1849
A.D.
George Leo Haydock Catholic
1774–1849
“Six. So the old Vulgate, Greek, and Syriac have, four months. — Private. Greek, “a tent on the roof,” that she might look towards Jerusalem, and pray with less distraction. Absalom lay in such a situation, 2 Kings xvi. 22. (Calmet) — In which. Greek, “and she put sackcloth,” &c., ver. 6. (Haydock) — It was a rough sort of garment. (Calmet) — Judith led a most religious life, in prayer, hair-cloth, and fasting, all the year, except on the festivals. (Worthington)”
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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.