Bede
Patristic
A.D. 673–735
“In the twilight, in the evening of the day, etc. Because such a one, through the blindness of the heart, hastens to the darkness, both of sin and damnation.”
The interpretation timeline
Prov 7:9
How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.
From the early Church Fathers to now.
1 Patristic · 1 Reformed
Prov 7:9 · Douay-Rheims
“In the dark, when it grows late, in the darkness and obscurity of the night,”
Patristic
before A.D. 750
735
A.D.
1,136 years pass — nothing from this stretch is hosted yet
Post-Reformation
c. 1650 – 1900
1871
A.D.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Reformed
1871
“The time, twilight, ending in darkness. black . . . night--literally, "pupil," or, "eye," that is, middle of night.”
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.