Ecclesiastes 10:6 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Folly is set in great dignity and in high places, and the rich sit in low places.

American Standard Version (1901)

folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in a low place.

Common English Bible

Fools are appointed to high posts, while the rich sit in lowly positions.

Catholic Public Domain Version

a foolish man appointed to a high dignity, and the rich sitting beneath him.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

A fool set in high dignity, and the rich sitting beneath.

Ecclesiastes 10:6 Cross References

Esther 3:1

After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him.

Esther 3:5

And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not down, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath.

Psalm 12:8

The wicked walk on every side, When vileness is exalted among the sons of men.

Proverbs 19:10

Delicate living is not seemly for a fool; Much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

Proverbs 28:12

When the righteous triumph, there is great glory: But when the wicked rise, men hide themselves.

Proverbs 28:28

When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: But when they perish, the righteous increase.

Proverbs 29:2

When the righteous are increased, the people rejoice: But when a wicked man beareth rule, the people sigh.

Ecclesiastes 10:5

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as it were an error which proceedeth from the ruler: