Text -- Proverbs 22:7 (NET)

22:7 The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Pro 22:7

¹ sn The proverb is making an observation on life. The synonymous parallelism matches “rule over” with “servant” to show how poverty makes people dependent on, or obligated to, others.

² tn Or “slave” (so NAB, NASB, NRSV, TEV, CEV). This may refer to the practice in Israel of people selling themselves into slavery to pay off debts (Exod 21:2-7).