And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.
Ver. 21. The eye cannot say, &c.] Superiors may not slight their inferiors, since they cannot be without them, as one time or other they will be forced to acknowledge. It was a saying of General Vere to the king of Denmark, that kings cared not for soldiers until such time as their crowns hung on the one side of their heads.