Bede
Patristic
A.D. 673–735
“Now in the streets, now in the squares, etc. Outside, it seizes the pagans; in the streets, the voluptuous; by the corners, other heretics.”
The interpretation timeline
Prov 7:12
How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.
From the early Church Fathers to now.
Prov 7:12 · Douay-Rheims
“Now abroad, now in the streets, now lying in wait near the corners.”
Patristic
before A.D. 750
735
A.D.
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.