The interpretation timeline

Prov 12:11

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

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Prov 12:11 · Douay-Rheims
“He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that pursueth idleness is very foolish. He that is delighted in passing his time over wine, leaveth a reproach in his strong holds.”
Patristic before A.D. 750
735
A.D.
Bede Patristic
A.D. 673–735
“He who works his land, etc. Who exercises his soul with spiritual studies will now be satisfied with virtues and then with the feasts of rewards. But he who refuses to labor for the salvation of his soul, will then be numbered among the foolish; even though now he may seem glorious with either divine or human wisdom.”
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.