He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.
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Gill's Exposition
He that is despised, and hath a servant,.... Meaning not the same person as before, but one in mean circumstances of life; and because he has not that substance as others have, at least does not make…
Barnes' Notes
Two interpretations are equally tenable; (1) as in the King James Version, He whom men despise, or who is “lowly” in his own eyes (compare 1Sa 18:23), if he has a slave, i. e., if he is one step above…
Matthew Henry
Note, 1. It is the folly of some that they covet to make a great figure abroad, take place, and take state, as persons of quality, and yet want necessaries at home, and, if their debts were paid,…
Cambridge Bible
despised Rather, lightly esteemed, R.V.; a person of no consequence, in the eyes of others, and perhaps (as in 1Sa 18:23, the word is used by David of himself) in his own eyes also, in contrast to him…