Ecclesiastes 10:7
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I have seen servants upon horses: and princes walking on the ground as servants.

Proverbs 19:10 Delicacies are not seemly for a fool: nor for a servant to have rule over princes.

Proverbs 30:22 By a slave when he reigneth: by a fool when be is filled with meat:

Context
Wisdom and Folly
6A fool set in high dignity, and the rich sitting beneath. 7I have seen servants upon horses: and princes walking on the ground as servants.8He that diggeth a pit, shall fall into it: and he that breaketh a hedge, a serpent shall bite him.…
Cross References
Esther 6:8
Ought to be clothed with the king's apparel, and to be set upon the horse that the king rideth upon, and to have the royal crown upon his head,

Proverbs 19:10
Delicacies are not seemly for a fool: nor for a servant to have rule over princes.

Proverbs 30:22
By a slave when he reigneth: by a fool when be is filled with meat:

Lexicon
I have seen
רָאִ֥יתִי (rā·’î·ṯî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7200: To see

slaves
עֲבָדִ֖ים (‘ă·ḇā·ḏîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5650: Slave, servant

on
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

horseback,
סוּסִ֑ים (sū·sîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5483: A swallow, swift (type of bird)

while princes
וְשָׂרִ֛ים (wə·śā·rîm)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8269: Chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince

go
הֹלְכִ֥ים (hō·lə·ḵîm)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1980: To go, come, walk

on
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

foot
הָאָֽרֶץ׃ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land

like slaves.
כַּעֲבָדִ֖ים (ka·‘ă·ḇā·ḏîm)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5650: Slave, servant


Additional Translations
I have seen slaves on horseback, while princes go on foot like slaves.I have seen servants on horses, and princes walking as servants on the earth.

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

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

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

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

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

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

I have seen servants on horses, And princes walking as servants on the earth.
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