Ecclesiastes 10:7
I have seen servants upon horses, and rulers walking like servants upon the earth.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.
In Context
6Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in a low place.
8He who digs a pit shall fall into it, and he who breaks through a wall, a serpent shall bite him.
Cross References
Esther 6:8let royal apparel be brought which the king uses to wear, and the horse that the king rides upon, and on the head of which a royal crown is set.
Proverbs 30:22For a servant when he is king, and a fool when he is filled with food,
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 10:5-12
Mutual Duties of Princes and Subjects. 4 If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences. 5 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler: 6 Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place. 7 I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth. 8 He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh a hedge, a serpent shall bite him. 9 Whoso removeth stones… Read the whole commentary →