Ecclesiastes 10:6 - Easy To Read Version

Foolish people are given important positions, while rich people get jobs that are not important.

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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 Tagairtí Cros

Esther 3:1

After these things happened, King Xerxes honored Haman. Haman was the son of a man named Hammedatha, the Agagite. The king promoted Haman and gave him a place of honor more important than any of the other leaders.

Esther 3:5

When Haman saw that Mordecai refused to bow down to him or give him honor, he was very angry.

Psalm 12:8

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Proverbs 19:10

A foolish person should not be rich. That would be like a slave ruling over princes.

Proverbs 28:12

When good people become leaders, everyone is happy. But when an evil person is elected, all people go and hide.

Proverbs 29:2

When the ruler is a good person, then all the people are happy. But when an evil person rules, then all the people complain.

Ecclesiastes 10:5

Here is something else that I have seen in this life. And it is not fair. It is the kind of mistake that rulers make: