George Leo Haydock
Catholic
1774–1849
“Lord. Greek, “Blessed art thou, the God of our fathers, and blessed is thy name, holy and glorious for ever. May the heavens and all thy creatures bless thee.” (Haydock)”
The interpretation timeline
Tob 8:7
How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.
From the early Church Fathers to now.
Tob 8:7 · Douay-Rheims
“And Tobias said: Lord God of our father, may the heavens and the earth, and the sea, and the fountains, and the rivers, and all thy creatures that are in them, bless thee.”
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.