George Leo Haydock
Catholic
1774–1849
“Life. St. Augustine (Conf. x. 34) cries out, “O Light, which Tobias had in view, when these corporal eyes being closed, he taught his son the way of life.””
The interpretation timeline
Tob 4:3
How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.
From the early Church Fathers to now.
Tob 4:3 · Douay-Rheims
“When God shall take my soul, thou shalt bury my body: and thou shalt honour thy mother all the days of her life:”
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.