He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length.
He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become (his) son at the length.
Each should be kept in his place. All are the worse of too much license. "Give unto your servants that which is just and equal," but no more (Colossians 4:1). 'Solomon's servant,' Jeroboam, seems to have forgotten his place through the indulgence given to him in youth by the king, and so became a rebel (1 Kings 11:26-40; Sir 33:25). 'If thou set thy servant to labour, thou shalt find rest; but if thou let him go idle, he shall seek liberty; because idleness teacheth much evil.'