The interpretation timeline

Sir 3:8

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

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Sir 3:8 · Douay-Rheims

“He that feareth the Lord, honoureth his parents, and will serve them as his masters that brought him into the world.”

Scholastic c. 1100 – 1500

1274

A.D.

Bonaventure Medieval

c. A.D. 1221–1274

“To the one who honors his father with the honor of beneficence is granted an abundant life; whence in Ecclesiasticus: Honor your father and your mother, and blessing shall come upon you, and your blessing shall remain to the last. This blessing is called the multiplication of goods.”

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.