The interpretation timeline

Prov 25:8

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

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Prov 25:8 · Douay-Rheims
“The things which thy eyes have seen, utter not hastily in a quarrel: lest afterward thou mayst not be able to make amends, when thou hast dishonoured thy friend.”
Patristic before A.D. 750
735
A.D.
Bede Patristic
A.D. 673–735
“What your eyes have seen, do not quickly bring forth in a quarrel, etc. And in the Gospel, the Lord: If your brother sins against you, go and rebuke him between you and him alone, etc. (Matt. XVIII)”
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.