The interpretation timeline

Prov 25:22

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

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Prov 25:22 · Douay-Rheims
“For thou shalt heap hot coals upon his head, and the Lord will reward thee.”
Patristic before A.D. 750
735
A.D.
Bede Patristic
A.D. 673–735
“"For you will heap coals of fire on his head," etc. It does not speak of the burning of punishments; for wisdom would not teach that you should minister good to an enemy for the cause of his destruction; but the coals upon his head signify the ardor of charity in his heart. For sometimes, an enemy, overcome by frequent benefits, with the rigor of hatred softened, receives in his mind the warmth of charity, and turns from an enemy into a friend, and begins to reclaim the one whom he unjustly hated.”
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.