Ecclesiastes 10:7
I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.
In Context
6Folly is set on great heights, and the rich sit in low place.
Cross References
Esther 6:8let royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and on whose head a crown royal is set;
Proverbs 30:22For a servant when he reigneth; and a churl 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 →