Ecclesiastes 10:7

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Prov 19:10 : 10 Delight is not fitting for a fool; much less for a servant to rule over princes.
  • Prov 30:22 : 22 For a servant when he reigns, and a fool when he is filled with food;
  • Esth 6:8 : 8 Let the royal robe be brought which the king wears, and the horse that the king rides on, and the royal crown which is set on his head:

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    40He pours contempt upon princes, and causes them to wander in the wilderness where there is no way.

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