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


In Context

3 And also, when he that is a fool Is walking in the way, his heart is lacking, And he hath said to every one, 'He is a fool.'

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

5 There is an evil I have seen under the sun, As an error that goeth out from the ruler,

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

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

8 Whoso is digging a pit falleth into it, And whoso is breaking a hedge, a serpent biteth 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 American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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