True and false nobility shall no longer be confounded because of artificial caste-distinctions.

The vile person or, the fool; see the typical specimen, Nabal by name and by nature, in 1 Samuel 25.

liberal Better: noble (in rank). The word denotes, first, one of generous, self-sacrificing disposition; and then one of noble degree; Numbers 21:18 and often.

The word rendered churloccurs only here (and Isaiah 32:7), and its meaning is uncertain. The view adopted by most commentators derives it from a root signifying guile or craftiness (hence Cheyne well renders knave). bountifulrepresents another rare word (only Job 34:19 [E.V. "rich"]), perhaps man of substance.

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