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Job_34:19 [How much less to him] that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all [are] the work of his hands.
Ver. 19. How much less to him that accepteth not the person of princes] How much more both dangerous and indecent must it needs be wrongfully to accuse God of injustice and partiality, which is far below him; since he neither doth nor needeth prefer great ones before meaner men in judgment! See on Job_13:7; Job_32:21.
Nor regardeth the rich more than the poor?] The word rendered rich, opulent, or potent, comes either from a root, éשׁò that signifieth to save, because it is in the power of such to save others from hurt and damage; or else from another root, שׁåò that signifieth to cry aloud; because such men use to speak their minds more freely and boldly, as having that which can bear them out. But God acknowledgeth them not as such; only of them to whom much is given much shall be required.
For they are all the work of his hands] Both for their persons, for they are all equally his creatures; and for their conditions, which God also hath cut them out and apportioned. Thus he is said to have made Moses and Aaron, that is, to have advanced them, 1Sa_12:6; and Christ is said to have made the twelve when he ordained them to the apostleship, Mar_3:14.