Delicate living is not seemly for a fool; Much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
Ecclesiastes 10:5 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as it were an error which proceedeth from the ruler: More versionsKing 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: |
Delicate living is not seemly for a fool; Much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
When the righteous triumph, there is great glory: But when the wicked rise, men hide themselves.
If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding allayeth great offences.
And moreover I saw under the sun, in the place of judgement, that wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there.
Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold, the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power, but they had no comforter.
There is a grievous evil, which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept by the owner thereof to his hurt:
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy upon men:
This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea also, the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.