The poor uses entreaties; but the rich answers roughly.
The poor uses entreaties; but the rich answers roughly.
The poor useth entreaties; But the rich answereth roughly.
The poor man makes requests for grace, but the man of wealth gives a rough answer.
The poor useth entreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.
The poor plead for mercy, but the rich answer harshly.
The poor useth entreaties: but the rich answereth roughly.
Note the paradox. The poor man, of whom one might expect roughness, supplicates; the rich, well nurtured, from whom one might look for courtesy, answers harshly and brusquely.