The interpretation timeline

Sir 3:11

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

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Sir 3:11 · Douay-Rheims
“The father’s blessing establisheth the houses of the children: but the mother’s curse rooteth up the foundation.”
Post-Reformation c. 1650 – 1900
1849
A.D.
1774–1849
“Foundations. St. Augustine (City of God xxii. 8.) gives a memorable instance. The pagans deemed such curses most terrible. (Orpheus) (Genesis ix. 25.) — They are executed upon the wicked.”
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.