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Text -- Ecclesiastes 10:7 (NET)

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10:7 I have seen slaves on horseback and princes walking on foot like slaves.
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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per phrase)

JFB: Ecc 10:7 - -- The worthless exalted to dignity (Jer 17:25); and vice versa (2Sa 15:30).

The worthless exalted to dignity (Jer 17:25); and vice versa (2Sa 15:30).

TSK: Ecc 10:7 - -- Pro 19:10, Pro 30:22

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Barnes: Ecc 10:6-7 - -- The "evil"of Ecc 10:5 is here specified as that caprice of a king by which an unworthy favorite of low origin is promoted to successive dignities, w...

The "evil"of Ecc 10:5 is here specified as that caprice of a king by which an unworthy favorite of low origin is promoted to successive dignities, while a noble person is degraded or neglected.

Poole: Ecc 10:7 - -- Servants men of a servile condition and disposition, who are altogether unfit for places of dignity. Upon horses riding upon horses, as a badge of ...

Servants men of a servile condition and disposition, who are altogether unfit for places of dignity.

Upon horses riding upon horses, as a badge of their dignity, as Est 6:8,9 Jer 17:25 Eze 23:23 .

Princes walking as servants upon the earth which was the case of his own father, 2Sa 15:30 .

Gill: Ecc 10:7 - -- I have seen servants upon horses,.... Which being scarce in Judea, were only rode upon by princes and great personages, or such as were in affluent ci...

I have seen servants upon horses,.... Which being scarce in Judea, were only rode upon by princes and great personages, or such as were in affluent circumstances; and therefore it was an unusual and disagreeable sight to see servants upon them, which was a token of their being advanced upon the ruin and destruction of their masters; a reigning servant is not only uncomely, but one of the things by which the earth is disquieted, and it cannot bear, Pro 30:21; the Parthians and Persians distinguished their nobles and the vulgar, freemen and servants, by this; the servants went on foot, and the freemen rode on horses r;

and princes walking as servants upon the earth; degraded from their honour; banished from their thrones and palaces, or obliged to leave them, and reduced to the lowest state and condition: so David, when his son rebelled against him, and he was forced to flee from him, and walk on foot, 2Sa 15:30; Alshech thinks it may be a prophecy of the captivity of Israel, when they walked as servants on the earth, and the Gentiles rode on horses.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Ecc 10:7 Heb “upon the earth.”

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: Ecc 10:1-20 - --1 Observations of wisdom and folly;16 of riot;18 slothfulness;19 and money.20 Men's thoughts of kings ought to be reverent.

MHCC: Ecc 10:4-10 - --Solomon appears to caution men not to seek redress in a hasty manner, nor to yield to pride and revenge. Do not, in a passion, quit thy post of duty; ...

Matthew Henry: Ecc 10:4-11 - -- The scope of these verses is to keep subjects loyal and dutiful to the government. In Solomon's reign the people were very rich, and lived in prospe...

Keil-Delitzsch: Ecc 10:6-7 - -- "Folly is set on great heights, and the rich must sit in lowliness. I have seen servants upon horses, and princes like servants walking on foot."The...

Constable: Ecc 6:10--11:7 - --III. THE LIMITATIONS OF WISDOM 6:10--11:6 Clues in the text indicate the value and purpose of 6:10-11:6. The phr...

Constable: Ecc 9:1--11:7 - --C. Man's Ignorance of the Future 9:1-11:6 The emphasis in this section (9:1-11:6) is on what man does no...

Constable: Ecc 9:11--10:12 - --2. The future of the wise on earth 9:11-10:11 Solomon's emphasis in 9:2-10 was on the fact that a righteous person could not be more certain of his or...

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Introduction / Outline

JFB: Ecclesiastes (Book Introduction) The Hebrew title is Koheleth, which the speaker in it applies to himself (Ecc 1:12), "I, Koheleth, was king over Israel." It means an Assembler or Con...

JFB: Ecclesiastes (Outline) INTRODUCTION. (Ecc. 1:1-18)

TSK: Ecclesiastes 10 (Chapter Introduction) Overview Ecc 10:1, Observations of wisdom and folly; Ecc 10:16, of riot; Ecc 10:18, slothfulness; Ecc 10:19, and money; Ecc 10:20, Men’s thought...

Poole: Ecclesiastes 10 (Chapter Introduction) CHAPTER 10 Observations on wisdom and folly, Ecc 10:1-3 . Of rulers, Ecc 10:4-7 . Of wrong and injustice, Ecc 10:8-10 . Of talkativeness, imprudenc...

MHCC: Ecclesiastes (Book Introduction) The name of this book signifies " The Preacher." The wisdom of God here preaches to us, speaking by Solomon, who it is evident was the author. At the...

MHCC: Ecclesiastes 10 (Chapter Introduction) (Ecc 10:1-3) To preserve a character for wisdom. (Ecc 10:4-10) Respecting subjects and rulers. (Ecc 10:11-15) Of foolish talk. (Ecc 10:16-20) Dutie...

Matthew Henry: Ecclesiastes (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The Book of Ecclesiastes We are still among Solomon's happy men, his happy servants, that stood contin...

Matthew Henry: Ecclesiastes 10 (Chapter Introduction) This chapter seems to be like Solomon's proverbs, a collection of wise sayings and observations, rather than a part of his sermon; but the preacher...

Constable: Ecclesiastes (Book Introduction) Introduction Title The title of this book in the Hebrew text is all of verse 1. The Se...

Constable: Ecclesiastes (Outline)

Constable: Ecclesiastes Ecclesiastes Bibliography Archer, Gleason L., Jr. "The Linguistic Evidence for the Date of Ecclesiastes'." Jour...

Haydock: Ecclesiastes (Book Introduction) ECCLESIASTES. INTRODUCTION. This Book is called Ecclesiastes, or the preacher, (in Hebrew, Coheleth ) because in it Solomon, as an excelle...

Gill: Ecclesiastes (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO ECCLESIASTES This book has been universally received into the canon of the Scriptures, by Jews and Christians. The former, indeed, ...

Gill: Ecclesiastes 10 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO ECCLESIASTES 10 This chapter treats of the difference between wisdom and folly; and of the preferableness of the one, to the other,...

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