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Ecclesiastes 10:7

Ecclesiastes chapter 10 · verse 7 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking like servants upon the earth.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking like servants upon the earth.

Context

v.6folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in a low place.

v.7This passage

v.8He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh through a wall, a serpent shall bite him.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Esther 6:8

    let royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and on the head of which a crown royal is set:

  • Proverbs 30:22

    For a servant when he is king; And a fool when he is filled with food;

  • Proverbs 19:10

    Delicate living is not seemly for a fool; Much less for a servant to have rule over princes.