The interpretation timeline

Prov 26:12

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

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Prov 26:12 · Douay-Rheims
“Hast thou seen a man wise in his own conceit? there shall be more hope of a fool than of him.”
Patristic before A.D. 750
389
A.D.
Gregory of Nazianzus Patristic
A.D. 329–390
“There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, a person wise in his own conceit; and a still greater evil is to charge with the instruction of others a person who is not even aware of his own ignorance.”
407
A.D.
John Chrysostom Patristic
A.D. 347–407
“This is not a small fault either to consider oneself wise and to refer everything back to one's own judgment.… Paul addresses this same reproach to the pagan philosophers: "Professing to be wise, they become fools." This is the reason for their folly. The author of the Proverbs said on his part, "Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him." Again, it is Paul who gives this advice: "Do not be wise in your own opinion."”
Source
328 years pass — nothing from this stretch is hosted yet
735
A.D.
Bede Patristic
A.D. 673–735
“Have you seen a man who thinks he is wise in his own eyes, etc. The Lord explaining this, says: For judgment I have come into this world, that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind (John IX).”
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.