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Ecclesiastes 10:7 KJV
Ecclesiastes · chapter 10 · verse 7
I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.Ecclesiastes 10:7 · King James Version
Ecclesiastes 10:7 in context
5There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler:
6Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.
7I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.
8He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
9Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- servantsʻebeda servantH5650 →
- princessara head personH8269 →
- walkinghâlakto walkH1980 →
- horsesçûwça horseH5483 →
- seenrâʼâhto see, literally or figurativelyH7200 →
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The scope of these verses is to keep subjects loyal and dutiful to the government. In Solomon's reign the people were very rich, and lived in prosperity, which perhaps made them proud and petulant, and when the taxes were high, though they had enough to pay them with, it is probable that many conducted themselves…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 4-11