Ecclesiastes 10:7

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

רָאִ֥יתִי עֲבָדִ֖ים עַל־סוּסִ֑ים וְשָׂרִ֛ים הֹלְכִ֥ים כַּעֲבָדִ֖ים עַל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃

Transliteration

rāʾîtî ʿăbādîm on sûsîm wə-śārîm hōləkîm like ʿăbādîm on hāʾāreṣ

Grammar Details

*rāʾîtî*: qal perfect 1st singular - I saw/observed
*ʿăbādîm*: masculine plural noun - servants/slaves
*ʿal-sûsîm*: preposition + masculine plural noun - on horses
*wə-śārîm*: conjunction + masculine plural noun - and princes/officials
*hōləkîm*: qal participle masculine plural - walking/going
*ka-ʿăbādîm*: preposition + masculine plural noun - like servants/slaves
*ʿal-hāʾāreṣ*: preposition + definite article + feminine singular noun - on the ground/earth

Word Meanings

*ʿăbādîm*: servants/slaves/workers
*sûsîm*: horses/steeds
*śārîm*: princes/officials/nobles
*hōləkîm*: walking/going/traveling
*hāʾāreṣ*: the ground/the earth/the land

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Prov 19:10 : 10 Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
Prov 30:22 : 22 For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;
Esth 6:8 : 8 Let the royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set upon his head:

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