Ecclesiastes 10:7 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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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

And the king went forth, and all the people after him; and they tarried in Beth-merhak.

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 19:10

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

Proverbs 30:22

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