The interpretation timeline

Neh 6:8

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

From the early Church Fathers to now.

1 Jewish · 1 Reformed · 1 Methodist

Neh 6:8 · Douay-Rheims
“And I sent to them, saying: There is no such thing done as thou sayest: but thou feignest these things out of thy own heart.”
Scholastic c. 1100 – 1500
1105
A.D.
Rashi Jewish
1040–1105
“from your heart Heb. כִּי. This כִּי is in place of אֶלָּא, but. invent them contro(u)ves eles in Old French; you are concocting them, like (I Kings 12:33): “...that he had fabricated (בָּדָה) from his heart.””
666 years pass — nothing from this stretch is hosted yet
Post-Reformation c. 1650 – 1900
1771
A.D.
John Gill Reformed
1697–1771
“Then I sent unto him,.... Whether a letter, or a messenger, is not said: saying there are no such things done as thou sayest; that there was any scheme formed to rebel, and make him king, or that prophets were appointed to declare him such: but thou feignest them out of thine own heart; in short, that they were no other than lies of his own inventing.”
Source
1832
A.D.
Adam Clarke Methodist
1762–1832
“There are no such things done - You well know that what you say is false: I shall not, therefore, trouble myself about a false charge.”
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.