The interpretation timeline

Sir 47:2

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

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Sir 47:2 · Douay-Rheims

“And as the fat taken away from the flesh, so was David chosen from among the children of Israel.”

Medieval c. 750 – 1100

856

A.D.

Rabanus Maurus Medieval

c. A.D. 780–856

“When it says that Nathan, like the fat of salvation, was separated from the meat, it indicates that he was full of the grace of the Holy Spirit and that his conduct and his life were far from and foreign to those of carnal and sinful people.”

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.