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Ecclesiastes 10:7

Ecclesiastes 10:7 is verse 7 of Ecclesiastes chapter 10, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

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

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

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

Ecclesiastes 10:5–9 · Berean Standard Bible

5 There is an evil I have seen under the sun— an error that proceeds from the ruler:

6 Folly is appointed to great heights, but the rich sit in lowly positions.

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

8 He who digs a pit may fall into it, and he who breaches a wall may be bitten by a snake.

9 The one who quarries stones may be injured by them, and he who splits logs endangers himself.

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Proverbs 19:10
Luxury is unseemly for a fool— how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!

Proverbs 30:22
a servant who becomes king, a fool who is filled with food,