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Tob 6:4

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

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Tob 6:4 · Douay-Rheims
“And the angel said to him: Take him by the gill, and draw him to thee. And when he had done so, he drew him out upon the land, and he began to pant before his feet.”
Post-Reformation c. 1650 – 1900
1849
A.D.
George Leo Haydock Catholic
1774–1849
“Take him. “It,” would be as proper. — Gill. Greek, “Seize the fish, and the boy got the better of the fish, and threw it upon the land.” (Haydock) — Hebrew also omits the gill and the panting, (Calmet) circumstances which would invalidate the opinions of many respecting the nature of this fish, v. ii.[ver. 2.?] (Haydock)”
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.