Ecclesiastes 10:7
I have seen servants on horses, and princes walking on the ground like servants.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.
In Context
6a foolish man appointed to a high dignity, and the rich sitting beneath him.
8Whoever digs a pit will fall into it. And whoever tears apart a hedge, a snake will bite him.
Cross References
Esther 6:8ought to be clothed with the king’s apparel, and be set upon the horse that the king rides, and receive the royal crown upon his head.
Proverbs 30:22by a slave when he reigns, by the foolish when he has been 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 →