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All the relatives of the poor shun him: How much more do his friends avoid him! He pursues them with pleas, but they are gone.
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The Social Sting of Poverty
Commentators explain that poverty's pain is not just financial but deeply social. The verse observes that even family ('brethren') may despise and neglect the poor, and friends are even quicker to disappear. This is a stark, realistic observation about how financial hardship can strain and break human relationships.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
It seems best to follow the Vulgate in taking the last clause as a separate maxim: He who pursues words, they are nothing; that is, the fair speech…
19th Century
Anglican
He pursues them with words, yet they are lacking for him—The first half of a verse has apparently dropped out here. The sense may be, that…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
All the brethren of the poor do hate him They despise him on account of his poverty; they neglect him, and do not take ca…
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