Ecclesiastes 10:7
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I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.I have seen slaves on horseback, while princes go on foot like slaves.
In other translations
I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.I have seen slaves on horseback, while princes go on foot like slaves.
Hebrew words
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Related verses
- Proverbs 19:10Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.Luxury is unseemly for a fool— how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!
- Esther 6:8Let the royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set upon his head:have them bring a royal robe that the king himself has worn and a horse on which the king himself has ridden—one with a royal crest placed on its head.
- Proverbs 30:22For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;a servant who becomes king, a fool who is filled with food,
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