Ecclesiastes 10:7 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

I have seen slaves on horseback and princes walking on the ground like slaves.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

I have seen slaves on horses, and princes walking like slaves on the earth.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

I have seen slaves on horseback, while princes walk on foot like slaves.

Catholic Public Domain Version

I have seen servants on horses, and princes walking on the ground like servants.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

I have seen servants upon horses: and princes walking on the ground as servants.

Ecclesiastes 10:7 Cross References

2 Samuel 15:17

The king left, followed by all the people, and they stopped at the last house.

Esther 6:8

let royal robes be brought, which the king has worn, and a horse that the king has ridden, with a royal crown on its head.

Proverbs 19:10

It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury, much less for a slave to rule over princes.

Proverbs 30:22

a slave when he becomes king and a fool when glutted with food,