The rich rule over the poor. The borrower is servant to the lender.
KJV
The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
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Commentary
The rich ruleth over the poor,.... Usurps a dominion over them, and exercises it in a rigorous, oppressive, and tyrannical manner; otherwise they are generally the rich that rule, and if they rule well, in a lawful, gentle, and righteous manner, it is commendable;
and the borrower is servant to the lender; being under obligation to him, he is forced to be subject to him, and comply with his humours, and do and say as he would have him; it was a happiness promised to the Israelites, that they should lend to many nations, but not borrow,
Deu 15:6
; compare with this
Neh 5:4
.
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