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


In Context

1 Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to send forth an evil odor; so does a little folly outweigh wisdom and honor.

2 A wise man's heart is at his right hand, but a fool's heart at his left.

3 Yes also, when the fool walks by the way, his understanding fails him, and he says to everyone that he is a fool.

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

5 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, the sort of error which proceeds from the ruler.

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

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

10:4If a ruler's anger rises against you, do not leave your post; calmness can lay great errors to rest.

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 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.