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Ecclesiastes 10:7

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

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רָאִ֥יתִיraitiseeרָאָהverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “see”, a completed actionH7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)advise self, appear, approve, behold, [idiom] certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), m…עֲבָדִ֖יםavadimservantעֶבֶדnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “servant”, the ordinary formH5650a servant[idiom] bondage, bondman, (bond-) servant, (man-) servant.עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…סוּסִ֑יםsusimhorse . Compare H6571סוּסnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “horse . Compare H6571”, the ordinary formH5483a horse (as leaping); also a swallow (from its rapid flight)crane, horse (-back, -hoof). Compare H6571 (פָּרָשׁ).וְשָׂרִ֛יםvesarimand captainשַׂרconjunction, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “and captain”, the ordinary formH8269a head person (of any rank or class)captain (that had rule), chief (captain), general, governor, keeper, lord,(-task-)master, prince(-ipal), ruler, steward.הֹלְכִ֥יםholekhimwalkהָלַךְverb, qal, participle, absolute — “walk”, a verb used as a describing wordH1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)(all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, [phrase] be eased, enter, exercise (self), [phrase] follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), [phrase] gre…כַּעֲבָדִ֖יםkaavadimas servantעֶבֶדpreposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “as servant”, the ordinary formH5650a servant[idiom] bondage, bondman, (bond-) servant, (man-) servant.עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…הָאָֽרֶץhaaretsthe earthאֶרֶץdefinite article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “the earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

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

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

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

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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

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Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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