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Ecclesiastes 10:7

10:6 Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place. in great: Heb. in great heights
I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.

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

10:8 He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.

What does Ecclesiastes 10:7 mean?

Ecclesiastes 10:7 is a verse in the book of Ecclesiastes, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include רָאָה (râʼâh), עֶבֶד (ʻebed), סוּס (çûwç). It connects to 3 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

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I
have
seenרָאָהrâʼâh/raw-aw'/H7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
servantsעֶבֶדʻebed/eh'-bed/H5650a servant
upon
horses,סוּסçûwç/soos/H5483a horse (as leaping); also a swallow (from its rapid flight)
and
princesשַׂרsar/sar/H8269a head person (of any rank or class)
walkingהָלַךְhâlak/haw-lak'/H1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
as
servantsעֶבֶדʻebed/eh'-bed/H5650a servant
upon
the
earth.אֶרֶץʼerets/eh'-rets/H776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

Commentary on Ecclesiastes 10:7

HENRY_FULL · Ecclesiastes 10:7
ur hearts, that we may answer every temptation, as our Master did, with, It is written, may oppose God's precepts to the dominion of sin, his promises to its allurements, and his threatenings to its menaces. 12 Blessed art thou, O Lord : teach me thy statutes. Here, 1. David gives glory to God: " Blessed art thou, O Lord! Thou art infinitely happy in the enjoyment of thyself and hast no need of me or my services; yet thou art pleased to reckon thyself honoured by them; assist me therefore, and then accept me." In all our prayers we should intermix praises. 2. He asks grace from God: " Teach me thy statutes; give me to know and do my duty in every thing. Thou art the fountain of all blessedness; O let me have this drop from that fountain, this blessing from that blessedness: Teach me thy statutes, that I may know how to bless thee, who art a blessed God, and that I may be blessed in thee." 13 With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.

Cross-references

Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Matthew 10:27

What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.

Matthew 12:34

O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

Acts 4:20

For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Ecclesiastes 10:7.

Exodus 15:19

For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the LORD brought again the waters of the sea upon them; but the children of Israel went on dry land in the midst of the sea.

Genesis 1:10

And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:12

And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:25

And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 12:15

The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.

Genesis 17:1

And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect. perfect: or, upright, or, sincere

Genesis 19:2

And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.

Genesis 24:65

For she had said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant had said, It is my master: therefore she took a vail, and covered herself.

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What does Ecclesiastes 10:7 say?

Ecclesiastes 10:7 (King James Version) reads: "I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth."

Is Ecclesiastes 10:7 in the Old or New Testament?

Ecclesiastes 10:7 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Ecclesiastes.

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