The interpretation timeline

Prov 30:30

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

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Prov 30:30 · Douay-Rheims

“A lion, the strongest of beasts, who hath no fear of any thing he meeteth:”

Patristic before A.D. 750

398

A.D.

Didymus the Blind Patristic

c. A.D. 313–398

“Christ is the lion: indeed all rational things are cattle in comparison with him. Moses, in fact, said, "I am a child." Because of its natural alacrity, the lion is said to walk unhindered.”

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.