Proverbs 22:7
WEB
The rich rule over the poor. The borrower is servant to the lender.
BSB
The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.
KJV
The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
Matthew Henry
Hebrew interlinear
H6223
n-m — rich, noble
Derivation: from 6238;
rich, whether literal or figurative (noble)
KJV: rich (man).
n. m — rich
עָשִׁיר rich; usu. n. m. the rich
H7326
v — be destitute
Derivation: a primitive root;
to be destitute
KJV: lack, needy, (make self) poor (man).
vb — be in want
[רוּשׁ or רִישׁ] 24 vb. be in want, poor
Qal young lions are in want and hunger
Hithpō‛lēl one impoverishing himself
H4910
v — rule
Derivation: a primitive root;
to rule
KJV: (have, make to have) dominion, governor, × indeed, reign, (bear, cause to, have) rule(-ing, -r), have power.
vb — rule
מָשַׁל vb. rule, have dominion, reign
Qal
1. human subj., rule, have dominion over
2. of heavenly bodies
3. of God
Hiph. cause to rule; exercise dominion
H5650
n-m — servant
Derivation: from 5647;
a servant
KJV: × bondage, bondman, (bond-) servant, (man-) servant.
n.m — slave
עֶ֫בֶד 799 n.m. slave, servant
1. slave, servant of household
2. Subjects, of chief
3. Servants, worshippers of God
4. Servant of י׳, in a special sense
5. Israel as a people is servant of י׳
6. In polite address of equals or superiors the Hebrews used עַבְדְּךָ thy servant = 1 pers. sing., I
7. Phrases
H3867
v — twine, unite, remain, borrow, lend
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to twine, i.e. (by implication) to unite, to remain; also to borrow (as a form of obligation) or (caus.) to lend
KJV: abide with, borrow(-er), cleave, join (self), lend(-er).
vb — borrow
[לָוָה] vb. borrow
Qal borrow
Hiph. cause to borrow, i.e. lend to
join
[לָוָה] join (intr.), be joined
Qal (late) be joined to, attend
Niph. join oneself or be joined unto
H376
n-m — man
Derivation: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant);
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV: also, another, any (man), a certain, champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), none, one, people, person, steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
n.m — man
אִישׁ 2166 n.m. man (= vir)
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Verse 7
Proverbs 22:7
He had said (Pro 22:2.), Rich and poor meet together; but here he finds, here he shows, that, as to the things of this life, there is a great difference; for, 1. Those that have little will be in subjection to those that have much, because they have dependence upon them, they have received, and expect to receive, support from them: The rich rule over the poor, and too often more than becomes them, with pride and rigour, unlike to God, who, though he be great, yet despises not any. It is part of the affliction of the poor that they must expect to be trampled upon, and part of their duty to be serviceable, as far as they can, to those that are kind to them, and study to be grateful. 2. Those that are but going behindhand find themselves to lie much at the mercy of those that are before hand: The borrower is servant to the lender, is obliged to him, and must sometimes beg, Have patience with me. Therefore it is part of Israel's promised happiness that they should lend and borrow, Deu 28:12. And it should be our endeavour to keep as much as may be out of debt. Some sell their liberty to gratify their luxury.
Cross-references: Prov 22:2 · Deut 28:12