The interpretation timeline

Sir 9:9

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

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Sir 9:9 · Douay-Rheims

“For many have perished by the beauty of a woman, and hereby lust is enkindled as a fire.”

Scholastic c. 1100 – 1500

1274

A.D.

Bonaventure Medieval

c. A.D. 1221–1274

“She is a net to those who lust and consent. Whence in Ecclesiasticus: "On account of the beauty of a woman many have perished." It is difficult "to carry fire in one's bosom without one's garments being burned."”

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.