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.

Ecclesiastes 10:6 Cross References

Proverbs 28:12

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

Proverbs 29:2

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

Psalm 12:8

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

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.

Proverbs 28:28

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

Esther 3:5

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

Proverbs 19:10

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

Ecclesiastes 10:5

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