 | Religion - 1849 - 1188 pages
...under the sun, because, though a man labor to seek it out, yet he shall not find it." (10 : 7)—" I have SEEN servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth." (He would see it now, if he were alive.) (9: 11) — "I returned and SAW under the sun, that the race... | |
 | Sarah Austin - 1833 - 322 pages
...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. 8 He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso hreaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.... | |
 | Christianity - 952 pages
...Solomon's observation was verified, Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in a low place. I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth. Eccles. x. 6, 7- When the most worthless characters were wallowing in all the luxuries of life, many... | |
 | Joseph Hall - Bishops - 1837 - 600 pages
...their parts and estate, and are well worthy of cinineut places, are neglected and disregarded ; X. 7. / have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth. Which, what is it other, than as if servants should ride on horseback, while princes walk by their... | |
 | 1838 - 1196 pages
...tc/iic/i proceedeth ' from the ruler : 6 Folly is set 4 in great dignity, And the rich sit in low place. 7 or that thou be a priest unto 20 a tribe and a family in Israel ? And the priest' 8 He that diggeth a pit shall full into it ; And whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.... | |
 | George Bush - Bible - 1839 - 738 pages
...for herself, and! the other for the servant that attended her. Solomon might refer to the same, when he says, " I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth, Eccl. x. 7. My reader, however, will meet with a more exact illustration of this passage in its proper... | |
 | Charles Girdlestone - 1842 - 696 pages
...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. 8 He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.... | |
 | William Bentley Fowle - Readers - 1843 - 314 pages
...error which proceedeth from the ruler : Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in a low place. I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth. [Jeremiah ix. 23.] That 1 am the Lord which exercise loving-kmdness, Judgement, and righteousness in... | |
 | Joseph Roberts - 1844 - 662 pages
...I am caught as fishes in the net." " We are all of us to be caught as fishes in the net." CHAP. x. I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth. — Verse 7. In all ages and nations, we read or hear of complaints against those who have arisen from... | |
 | Mary Fawler Maude - Bible - 1845 - 494 pages
...they made a merry ringing noise." — lasr & MANGLES, p. 241. RIDING, A TOKEN OF RANK. ECCLKS. x. 7. " I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth. To walk about on foot, is an act of very great humility in Persian estimation. Walking is a part of... | |
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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. 
