The interpretation timeline

Tob 4:7

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

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Tob 4:7 · Douay-Rheims
“Give alms out of thy substance, and turn not away thy face from any poor person: for so it shall come to pass that the face of the Lord shall not be turned from thee.”
Post-Reformation c. 1650 – 1900
1849
A.D.
1774–1849
“Substance. Be not liberal of another’s property. Greek adds, “and let not thy eye be envious, when thou givest alms.” Do it generously. (Calmet) — The same doctrine of the reward of good works, occurs [in] Daniel iv. 24. (Worthington)”
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.