Ecclesiastes 10:6 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁶ folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ Folly is set in great dignity and in high places, and the rich sit in low places.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in a low place.

Common English Bible

⁶ Fools are appointed to high posts, while the rich sit in lowly positions.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ a foolish man appointed to a high dignity, and the rich sitting beneath him.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ 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: