Ecclesiastes 10:6 - Easy To Read Version

⁶ Foolish people are given important positions, while rich people get jobs that are not important.

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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 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: