 | 1884 - 824 pages
...reconcile with the history of the reign of Solomon. They seem to be anachronistic, utterly inexplicable. " Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in...horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth : " (x, 6, ?.)• " Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning... | |
 | Charles John Ellicott - 1884 - 612 pages
...ruler: (6) folly is 1 Hcb..»i>/if«rt. set 3 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... | |
 | Charles John Ellicott (bp. of Gloucester) - 1884 - 608 pages
...30.37. 4 Hob., the matter of the. touffue. set 3 in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place. (7> hat I (8> <• He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it ; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite... | |
 | 1884 - 1068 pages
...is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as it were an error which procecdeth from the ruler: (6) I was very angry when I heard their cry and these word place. (7) I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth. (8) He... | |
 | Arthur Noel Malan - 1885 - 170 pages
...a besieged city saved by the wisdom of a poor man, yet no man remembered that same poor man. He had seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth. Solomon's reflections upon the vanity of life are full of bitterness and disappointment. He even found... | |
 | John Wood Warter - 1886 - 416 pages
...of Keble ?— In this bad world below Noblest things have vilest using. The wise preacher said : ' / have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth ; ' and so have I seen — dreadful profanation ! — old stone coffins, as well as discarded fonts,... | |
 | 1907 - 58 pages
...offences. 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. He that diggeth... | |
 | Richard McIlwaine - 1908 - 426 pages
...rendered to his fellow-men, hobbling along in meekness and humility. Then I involuntarily exclaimed, " I have seen servants upon horses and princes walking as servants upon the earth." Such irritating contrasts might be seen almost any day on the streets, but in the privacy of social... | |
 | Charles Francis Horne, Julius August Brewer - 1910 - 612 pages
...5 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. 8 He that... | |
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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. 
