George Leo Haydock
Catholic
1774–1849
“Horses. Greek, “the potent, but thou art the Lord of the humble.””
The interpretation timeline
Jdt 9:16
How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.
From the early Church Fathers to now.
Jdt 9:16 · Douay-Rheims
“For thy power, O Lord, is not in a multitude, nor is thy pleasure in the strength of horses, nor from the beginning have the proud been acceptable to thee: but the prayer of the humble and the meek hath always pleased thee.”
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.