The interpretation timeline

Prov 7:4

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

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Prov 7:4 · Douay-Rheims
“Say to wisdom: Thou art my sister: and call prudence thy friend,”
Patristic before A.D. 750
254
A.D.
Origen Patristic
c. A.D. 184–253
“It is proper that until we reach maturity, virtue of the soul be within us and personal, but when we reach full maturity so that we are capable also of teaching others, let us then no longer enclose virtue within our bosom as a wife but as a sister, let us unite her also with others who wish her. For to those who are perfect the divine Word says, "Say that wisdom is your sister."”
Source
481 years pass — nothing from this stretch is hosted yet
735
A.D.
Bede Patristic
A.D. 673–735
“Say to wisdom, You are my sister, etc. Join the wisdom of ecclesiastical doctrine to you with fraternal love; so that it may preserve you from heretical defilement, which is proven to be foreign to the chastity of the Church.”
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.