The interpretation timeline

Prov 18:10

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

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Prov 18:10 · Douay-Rheims
“The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the just runneth to it, and shall be exalted.”
Scholastic c. 1100 – 1500
1274
A.D.
Bonaventure Medieval
c. A.D. 1221–1274
“The gift of fortitude is given by God protecting. For God protects us according to hierarchical ordering, fortifying us within and without. It is written in Proverbs: "The name of the Lord is a most strong tower; the just man runs to it and shall be exalted." Fortitude is, as from a solid, sublime, and strong principle, from God; and the eternal God is the origin of fortitude in all things, because nothing is powerful nor strong except through the fortitude of the first principle. Therefore this fortitude descends from God protecting us as from the first principle according to hierarchical dispositions; which fortitude renders every man rich and secure and powerful and confident.”
Source
1274
A.D.
Bonaventure Medieval
c. A.D. 1221–1274
“It is good to have the sign of Zabulon, which is "a dwelling of fortitude," which implies the first stability. "Because Thou, O Lord, art my hope." Hence, "the name of the Lord is a strong tower; the just man runs to it and is safe." He alone is at peace who fixes himself upon that "with which there is no change, no shadow of alteration." Hence, "in Thee, O Lord, have I hoped, let me never be confounded."”
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.