4If a ruler's anger rises against you, do not leave your post; calmness can lay great errors to rest.


In Context

1 As dead flies give perfume a bad smell, so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.

2 The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.

3 Even as he walks along the road, the fool lacks sense and shows everyone how stupid he is.

4 If a ruler's anger rises against you, do not leave your post; calmness can lay great errors to rest.

5 There is an evil I have seen under the sun, the sort of error that arises from a ruler:

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

Ecclesiastes 10:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:4If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

10:4If the spirit of him that hath power, ascend upon thee, leave not thy place: because care will make the greatest sins to cease.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

10:4If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for gentleness allayeth great offences.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:4If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for quietness pacifieth great offences.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

10:4If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding allayeth great offences.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:4If the spirit of the ruler riseth against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offenses.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:4If the spirit of the ruler rises up against you, don't leave your place; for gentleness lays great offenses to rest.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

10:4If the spirit of the ruler go up against thee, Thy place leave not, For yielding quieteth great sinners.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:4If the spirit of the ruler rise up against you, leave not your place; for yielding pacifies great offenses.