Proverbs Chapter 22 verse 7 Holy Bible
The rich ruleth over the poor; And the borrower is servant to the lender.
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The man of wealth has rule over the poor, and he who gets into debt is a servant to his creditor.
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The rich ruleth over the poor; and the borrower is servant to the lender.
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The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
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The rich rule over the poor. The borrower is servant to the lender.
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The rich over the poor ruleth, And a servant `is' the borrower to the lender.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 7. - The rich ruleth over the poor. "The rich man (singular) will rule over the poor" (plural); for there are many poor for one rich (see on ver. 3). This is the way of the world (Proverbs 18:23). Aben Ezra explains the gnome as showing the advantage of wealth and the inconvenience of poverty; the former bringing power and pre-eminence, the latter trouble and servitude; and hence the moralist implies that every one should strive and labour to obtain a competency, and thus avoid the evils of impecuniosity. The borrower is servant to the lender. (For the relation between borrower and louder, or debtor and creditor, see on Proverbs 20:16; and comp. Matthew 18:25, 34.) Delitzsch cites the German saying, "Borghart (borrower) is Lehnhart's (leader's) servant." We have the proverb, "He that goes a-borrowing goes a-sorrowing." The Septuagint departs from the other versions and our Hebrew text, translating, "The rich will role over the poor, and household servants will lend to their own masters" - a reading on which some of the Fathers have commented.