Ecclesiastes 10:7

In 11 translations

BSB

I have seen slaves on horseback, while princes go on foot like slaves.

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

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

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

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

GNV

I haue seene seruants on horses, and princes walking as seruants on the ground.

JPS

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

LXXE

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

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC

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

LXX-Br

Εἶδον δούλους ἐφʼ ἵππους, καὶ ἄρχοντας πορευομένους ὡς δούλους ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 19:10Luxury is unseemly for a fool— how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!
• Esther 6:8have them bring a royal robe that the king himself has worn and a horse on which the king himself has ridden—one with a royal crest placed on its head.
• Proverbs 30:22a servant who becomes king, a fool who is filled with food,

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).