Delight is not seemly for a fool; Much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
Ecclesiastes 10:5 - King James Version (Oxford) 1769 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler: 更多版本Amplified Bible - Classic Edition There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, like an error which proceeds from the ruler: American Standard Version (1901) There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as it were an error which proceedeth from the ruler: Common English Bible There’s an evil that I have seen under the sun: the kind of mistake that comes from people in power. Catholic Public Domain Version There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, proceeding from the presence of a prince, as if by mistake: Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, as it were by an error proceeding from the face of the prince: English Standard Version 2016 There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, as it were an error proceeding from the ruler: |
Delight is not seemly for a fool; Much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
When righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory: But when the wicked rise, a man is hidden.
If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.
And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.
So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.