Proverbs 22:2

The rich and the poor have this in common: Yahweh is the maker of them all.

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WEBBE

The rich and the poor have this in common: The LORD is the maker of them all.

BSB

The rich and the poor have this in common: The LORD is Maker of them all.

KJV

The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.

ASV

The rich and the poor meet together: Jehovah is the maker of them all.

BBE

The man of wealth and the poor man come face to face: the Lord is the maker of them all.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verse 2

Divine Providence has so ordered it, that some are rich, and others poor, but all are guilty before God; and at the throne of God's grace the poor are as welcome as the rich.

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