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Tob 6:17

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

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Tob 6:17 · Douay-Rheims
“For they who in such manner receive matrimony, as to shut out God from themselves, and from their mind, and to give themselves to their lust, as the horse and mule, which have not understanding, over them the devil hath power.”
Post-Reformation c. 1650 – 1900
1849
A.D.
George Leo Haydock Catholic
1774–1849
“Mule, which are very libidinous, Psalm xiii. — Power. Yet he is not always permitted to kill them, as God often allows them time for repentance, or suffers them to draw down heavier judgments. (Menochius) — “The devils can do no more than God secretly permits;” (St. Augustine, de C.[City of God?] ii. 23.) and “God justly suffers the wicked to fall victims to their iniquitous appetites.” (St. Gregory, mor. ii.)”
Source
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.