And Ephraim said, Yet I have become rich, I have found myself wealth: in all my labors they shall find no iniquity in me that is sin.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Idol. Hebrew also, "vanity. "Riches are vain, and lead to idolatry when people place their affections on them, Matthew xiii. 22., and Ephesians v. 5.
Committed. I am conscious of no injustice. (Calmet)
Yet he had used a deceitful balance, and his judgment is equally perverse. (Haydock)
"What rich man shall be saved? "(Clement of Alexandria)