4¹ Now I say that the heir, as long as he is a child, does not differ at all from a slave, though he is master of all,

4¹ And I say, so long time as the heir is a babe, he differeth nothing from a servant—being lord of all,

4¹ Think of it this way. If a father dies and leaves an inheritance for his young children, those children are not much better off than slaves until they grow up, even though they actually own everything their father had.

4¹ I mean that the heir, as long as he is a child, is no better than a slave, though he is the owner of all the estate;