Luxury is not fitting for a fool, Much less for a servant to rule over princes.
Ecclesiastes 10:5 - The Scriptures 2009 There is an evil I have seen under the sun, as a mistake coming from the ruler: Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, like an error which proceeds from the ruler: American Standard Version (1901) There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as it were an error which proceedeth from the ruler: Common English Bible There’s an evil that I have seen under the sun: the kind of mistake that comes from people in power. Catholic Public Domain Version There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, proceeding from the presence of a prince, as if by mistake: Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, as it were by an error proceeding from the face of the prince: |
Luxury is not fitting for a fool, Much less for a servant to rule over princes.
When the righteous exult, there is great comeliness; But when the wrong arise, a man is searched for.
If the spirit of the ruler rises against you, do not leave your post, for calmness lays to rest great faults.
Folly is set in many high positions, while the rich sit in a humble place.
Then again I saw under the sun: In the place of right-ruling, wrongness was there. And in the place of righteousness, wrongness was there.
Then I looked again at all the oppression that is done under the sun: And see! The tears of the oppressed, but they have no comforter; and power on the side of their oppressors, but they have no comforter.
There is a sickly evil I have seen under the sun: riches kept for their owner, for his evil.
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is great among men:
This is an evil in all that is done under the sun: there is one event to all. Truly the hearts of the sons of men are filled with evil, and madness is in their hearts while they live, and then – to the dead!