Ecclesiastes 10:7

Coverdale Bible (1535)

I se seruauntes ryde vpon horses, & prynces goinge vpon their fete as it were seruauntes.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 19:10 : 10 Delicate ease becometh not a foole, moch more vnsemely is it, a bonde man to haue ye rule of prynces.
  • Prov 30:22 : 22 Thorow a seruaut yt beareth rule, thorow a foole yt hath greate riches,
  • Esth 6:8 : 8 that he maye be araied with the royall garmentes which the kynge vseth to weere: and the horse that the kynge rydeth vpon, and that the crowne royall maye be set vpon his heade.

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  • Eccl 10:5-6
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    5Another plage is there, which I haue sene vnder the Sonne: namely, ye ignoraunce yt is comonly amonge prynces:

    6in yt a foole sytteth in greate dignite, & the rich are sett downe beneth:

  • 10Delicate ease becometh not a foole, moch more vnsemely is it, a bonde man to haue ye rule of prynces.

  • Prov 25:6-7
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    6Put not forth yi self in ye presence of ye kynge, & prease not in to ye place of greate men.

    7Better it is yt it be sayde vnto ye: come vp hither, then thou to be set downe in ye presence of ye prynce, whom thou seyst with thine eyes.

  • 40Though he suffre the to be euell intreated thorow tyrauntes, or let them wandre out of the waye in the wildernesse:

  • 9A simple man which laboureth and worketh, is better the one that is gorgious and wanteth bred.

  • Eccl 5:8-9
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    8Yf thou seyst the poore to be oppressed and wrongeously dealt withall, so yt equite & the right of the lawe is wraisted in the londe: maruell not thou at soch iudgmet, for one greate ma kepeth touch with another, and the mightie helpe the selues together.

    9The whole londe also with the feldes and all that is therin, is in subieccion and bondage vnto ye kinge.

  • 8But he yt dyggeth vp a pytt, shall fall therin himself: & who so breaketh downe the hedge, a serpent shal byte him.

  • Eccl 8:9-10
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    9All these thinges haue I considered, and applied my mynde vnto euery worke that is vnder the Sonne: how one man hath lordshipe vpon another to his owne harme.

    10For I haue oft sene ye vngodly brought to their graues, and fallen downe from the hye and glorious place: in so moch yt they were forgotten in the cite, where they were had in so hye & greate reputacion. This is also a vayne thinge.

  • Job 3:14-15
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    14like as the kynges ad lordes of ye earth, which buylde them selues speciall places:

    15As the prynces that haue greate substaunce of golde, & their houses full of syluer.

  • 22Thorow a seruaut yt beareth rule, thorow a foole yt hath greate riches,

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    16Wo be vnto the (O thou realme and londe) whose kynge is but a childe, and whose prynces are early at their banckettes.

    17But well is the (O thou realme and londe) whose kinge is come of nobles, and whose prynces eate in due season, for strength and not for lust.

  • 7The rich ruleth the poore, and ye borower is seruaunt to ye lender.

  • 10Then smyteth he, then oppresseth he & casteth downe the poore with his auctorite.

  • 3I haue sene my self, when the foolish was depe roted, that his bewty was sodely destroyed:

  • 10For as touchinge the trauayle and carefulnesse which God hath geuen vnto me, I se that he hath geuen it them, to be exercised in it.

  • 19Vngodly men are ye He hath no respecte vnto the personnes of ye lordly, & regardeth not the rich more the poore. For they be all the worke of his hondes.

  • 11Kynges of the earth & all people, princes & all iudges of ye worlde.

  • 10They shall mocke the kinges, and laugh the prynces to scorne. They shal not set by eny stronge holde, for they shal laye ordinaunce agaynst it, and take it.

  • 34Yff a man will cosidre all hye thinges, this same is a kynge ouer all the children off pryde.

  • 10Ye that ryde vpo fayre Asses, ye that syt in iudgment and geue sentence, ye that go by the waye, prayse the LORDE.

  • 8That he maye set him amonge the prynces, euen amonge the prynces of his people.

  • 1There is yet a plage vnder ye Sonne, & it is a generall thinge amonge me:

  • 4And I shal geue you children to be youre prynces (saieth the LORDE) and babes shall haue the rule of you.

  • 29Seist thou not, yt they which be diligent in their busines stonde before kynges, and not amonge the symple people?

  • 6which humbleth himself, to beholde that is in heauen and earth?

  • 10and the rich, in yt he is made lowe. For eue as the flor of ye grasse shal he vanyshe awaye.

  • 12loke well, that thou makest all soch as be stubburne, to obeye: treade all the vngodly vnder thy fete,

  • 7I bought seruauntes and maydes, and had a greate housholde. As for catell and shepe, I had more substaunce of them, then all they yt were before me in Ierusalem.

  • 9Sela. As for men, they are but vayne, me are disceatfull: vpo the weightes they are al together lighter then vanite itself.

  • 7when I wente thorow the cite vnto the gate, & whe they set me a chayre in ye strete:

  • 13This wi?dome haue I sene also vnder ye Sone, & me thought it a greate thinge.

  • 1Beholde, the kinge shal gouerne after ye rule of rightuousnes, and ye princes shal rule acordinge to the balaunce of equite.

  • 8Seruauntes haue the rule of vs, and no man delyuereth vs out of their hodes.

  • 8Shulde soch one the as vseth violece, wroge & oppression (doinge all thinges of parcialyte, & hauynge respecte of personnes) dwell in the lode?

  • 7An eloquent speach becometh not a foole, a dyssemblinge mouth also besemeth not a prynce.

  • 21He that delicately bryngeth vp his seruaunt from a childe, shal make him his master at length.

  • 8He taketh vp the neady out of the dust, and lifteth vp ye poore out of the myre, that he maye set them amonge the prynces, and to let them inheret the seate of honoure: for the foundacions and corners of the worlde are the LORDES, and he hath set the compase of the earth theron.

  • 21He poureth out confucion vpon prynces, and coforteth them that haue bene oppressed.

  • 11They lye waytinge in or waye on euery syde, turnynge their eyes downe to the grounde.

  • 23That he bringeth princes to nothinge, and the iudges of the earth to dust:

  • 7Some men are riche, though they haue nothinge: agayne, some me are poore hauynge greate riches.

  • 4And yff ye kepe these thinges faithfully, then shall there come in at the dore off this house kynges, to syt vpo Dauids seate: they shal be caried in Charettes and ryde vpon horses, both they & their seruauntes, ad their people.

  • 12Who can runne with horses, or plowe wt oxen vpon the harde rockes off stone? For why, ye haue turned true iudgment in to bytternesse, and the frute of rightuousnesse in to wormwod:

  • 3They make the kinge and the princes, to haue pleasure in their wickednes & lyes.