 | Hugh Taylor Howat - 1868 - 328 ページ
...— had Ahab run and Elijah ridden, — and are almost disposed at first to exclaim, with Solomon, ' I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.' And yet there was much meaning in the prophet's act. Ahab was weak and wicked ; but Ahab was king.... | |
 | William M. Leftwich - 1870 - 438 ページ
...suffered. " There is an evil which I have seen under the sun as an error which proceedeth from the ruler: folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place. I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth." " So I returned... | |
 | 1870 - 1006 ページ
...There is an evil which 1 have seen ro6 Folly is set in great dignity, and t rich sit in low place. he 7 I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon llie earth. ti He that diggeth a pit shall foil into it; and whoso breaketh a hedge, a serpent shall... | |
 | Johann Peter Lange, Philip Schaff - 1870 - 622 ページ
...There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth 6, 7 from the ruler : Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place. I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth. 8 He that... | |
 | Walter MacGilvray - 1871 - 384 ページ
...author of Ecclesiastes, ' I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler : Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place. I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth. He that diggeth... | |
 | Thomas Pelham Dale - 1873 - 156 ページ
...like that which is ECCLESIASTES. 6 Folly is set Hn great dignity, and the rich sit in low place. 7 I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth. 8 He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it ; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.... | |
 | 1874 - 812 ページ
...representation of real greatness. The insignia is the casket, the inner worth is the true gem. Solomon says, " I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth." Few men attain to the distinction of true greatness. The desire for self-distinction is common enough.... | |
 | 1874 - 156 ページ
...SEEVANTS ON HOESES. IK one of the chapters of Ecclesiastes, the writer makes a remarkable statement. " I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth." The explanation of this is simple. In Eastern lands, kings are often despots. They do as they like.... | |
 | Thomas Tyler - 1874 - 176 ページ
...king (viii. 2 — 4), and to be yielding to him when he is angry (x. 4), and read of Koheleth's having seen " servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth " (x. 7), we seem rather to have the words of a private subject than of a monarch. It is perhaps yet... | |
 | Thomas Tyler - 1874 - 176 ページ
...king (viii. 2 — 4), and to be yielding to him when he is angry (x. 4), and read of Koheleth's having seen " servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth " (x. 7), we seem rather to have the words of a private subject than of a monarch. It is perhaps yet... | |
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There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler : 6 Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place. 7 I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth. 
