George Leo Haydock
Catholic
1774–1849
“Judgment. Even in punishing, God remembers mercy, (Haydock) and never fails to perform what he has promised.”
The interpretation timeline
Tob 3:2
How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.
From the early Church Fathers to now.
Tob 3:2 · Douay-Rheims
“Saying: Thou art just, O Lord, and all thy judgments are just, and all thy ways mercy, and truth, and judgment:”
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.