Ecclesiastes 10:7
רָאִיתִי עֲבָדִים עַל ־ סוּסִים וְשָׂרִים הֹלְכִים כַּעֲבָדִים עַל ־ הָאָֽרֶץ ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.
In Context
6נִתַּן הַסֶּכֶל בַּמְּרוֹמִים רַבִּים וַעֲשִׁירִים בַּשֵּׁפֶל יֵשֵֽׁבוּ ׃
8חֹפֵר גּוּמָּץ בּוֹ יִפּוֹל וּפֹרֵץ גָּדֵר יִשְּׁכֶנּוּ נָחָֽשׁ ׃
Cross References
Esther 6:8יָבִיאוּ לְבוּשׁ מַלְכוּת אֲשֶׁר לָֽבַשׁ ־ בּוֹ הַמֶּלֶךְ וְסוּס אֲשֶׁר רָכַב עָלָיו הַמֶּלֶךְ וַאֲשֶׁר נִתַּן כֶּתֶר מַלְכוּת בְּרֹאשֽׁוֹ ׃
Proverbs 30:22תַּֽחַת ־ עֶבֶד כִּי יִמְלוֹךְ וְנָבָל כִּי יִֽשְׂבַּֽע ־ לָֽחֶם ׃
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 →