Ecclesiastes 10:7
I have seen servants upon horses: and princes walking on the ground as servants.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.
In Context
6A fool set in high dignity, and the rich sitting beneath.
8He that diggeth a pit, shall fall into it: and he that breaketh a hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
Cross References
Esther 6:8Ought to be clothed with the king's apparel, and to be set upon the horse that the king rideth upon, and to have the royal crown upon his head,
Proverbs 30:22By a slave when he reigneth: by a fool when he is filled with meat:
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 →