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For the lowliest man may be pardoned in mercy,
but mighty men will be mightily tested.[a]
For the Lord of all will not stand in awe of any one,
nor show deference to greatness;
because he himself made both small and great,
and he takes thought for all alike.
But a strict inquiry is in store for the mighty.

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Footnotes

  1. 6.6 tested: The meaning seems rather to be “tormented” and to refer to punishment.

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