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Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: In the balances they will go up; They are together lighter than vanity.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Surely men of low degree are vanity - literally, “vanity are the sons of Adam,” but the word Adam here is evidently used to represe…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Are vanity. —Or, mere breath.

To be laid in the balance. —Literally, in the balances to go up,…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

God is a refuge for us. Selah. Surely men of low degree are vanity,

There is nothing in them; they are only the very essence of vani…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

Nevertheless, the sons of Adam are vanity. If we take the particle אך, ach, affirmatively, as meaning surely or cert…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Surely men of low degree [are] vanity
Or "sons of Adam" {i}; of the earthly man; of fallen Adam; one of his immediate sons was…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Those who have found the comfort of the ways of God themselves will invite others into those ways; we will never have less because others share wit…

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