The interpretation timeline

Judg 11:30

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

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Judg 11:30 · Douay-Rheims
“He made a vow to the Lord, saying: If thou wilt deliver the children of Ammon into my hands,”
Post-Reformation c. 1650 – 1900
1849
A.D.
1774–1849
“He. Hebrew and Septuagint, “And he vowed.” A new sentence commences; (Cajetan) so that it is not clear that Jephte was moved to make this vow by the spirit of the Lord; else it could not be blamed. (Haydock)”
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.