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Sir 10:26

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

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Sir 10:26 · Douay-Rheims
“Despise not a just man that is poor, and do not magnify a sinful man that is rich.”
Medieval c. 750 – 1100
856
A.D.
Rabanus Maurus Medieval
c. A.D. 780–856
“Avoid boasting about one's own good works, for arrogance of this kind is an abomination before the eyes of God and stops one from doing good in adversity, "because tribulation produces perseverance, and perseverance produces character, and character produces hope."”
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.