George Leo Haydock
Catholic
1774–1849
“Gods. This was the fatal consequence which God had foretold, Deuteronomy vii. 4. (Haydock)”
The interpretation timeline
Judg 3:6
How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.
From the early Church Fathers to now.
Judg 3:6 · Douay-Rheims
“And they took their daughters to wives, and they gave their own daughters to their sons, and they served their gods.”
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.