The interpretation timeline

Prov 7:7

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

From the early Church Fathers to now.

1 Jewish · 1 Catholic · 1 Reformed

Prov 7:7 · Douay-Rheims
“And I see little ones, I behold a foolish young man,”
Scholastic c. 1100 – 1500
1105
A.D.
Rashi Jewish
1040–1105
“I discerned Heb. אבינה, I discerned and I saw.”
744 years pass — nothing from this stretch is hosted yet
Post-Reformation c. 1650 – 1900
1849
A.D.
1871
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.