The interpretation timeline
Sirach 44:10 Douay-Rheims

But these were men of mercy, whose godly deeds have not failed:

1 witness

Post-Reformation

c. 1650 – 1900
1849
A.D.
1774–1849
“Mercy. Assideans, (1 Paralipomenon vi. 41., and 1 Machabees vii. 13.) or true Israelites.”
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.