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


In Context

3 Yes also, when he that is a fool walks by the way, his wisdom fails him, and he said to every one that he is a fool.

4 If the spirit of the ruler rise up against you, leave not your place; for yielding pacifies great offenses.

5 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceeds from the ruler:

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

7 I have seen servants on horses, and princes walking as servants on the earth.

8 He that digs a pit shall fall into it; and whoever breaks an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.

Ecclesiastes 10:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:6Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

10:6Fools are put in many high positions, while the rich occupy the low ones.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

10:6A fool set in high dignity, and the rich sitting beneath.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

10:6folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in a low place.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:6folly is set in great dignities, but the rich sit in a low place.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

10:6folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:6Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:6Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in a low place.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

10:6He hath set the fool in many high places, And the rich in a low place do sit.