The interpretation timeline
Sirach 3:13 Douay-Rheims

For the glory of a man is from the honour of his father, and a father without honour is the disgrace of the son.

1 witness

Post-Reformation

c. 1650 – 1900
1849
A.D.
1774–1849
“A father. Greek, “mother.” Alexander [the Great] was ashamed of having Philip for his father, pretending that he was the son of Jupiter Ammon. His mother Olympias, with much ingenuity, wrote to him, that he would thus make Juno her powerful rival!”
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.