Ecclesiastes 10:7
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth."
Word-by-Word Analysis
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
סוּס
çûwç
a horse (as leaping); also a swallow (from its rapid flight)
שַׂר
sar
a head person (of any rank or class)
הָלַךְ
hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
Key Terms in This Verse
הָלַךְ hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
Study H1980 →רָאָה râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
Study H7200 →Cross References
Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
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:
For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;
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