The interpretation timeline

Prov 22:29

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

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Prov 22:29 · Douay-Rheims
“Hast thou seen a man swift in his work? he shall stand before kings, and shall not be before those that are obscure.”
Patristic before A.D. 750
735
A.D.
Bede Patristic
A.D. 673–735
“Do you see a man quick in his work, etc. Whomever you see quick in his work, that is, in his good work, which was his duty to do, diligent and attentive, know that he will stand in the presence of the apostles in the day of the last examination, who will sit with Christ to judge the world, because he kept their commands and avoided the error of the ignoble doctors, that is, he will not be placed at the left hand of the judge.”
Source
Modern · 1953 →

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