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Ecclesiastes 10:4

Ecclesiastes chapter 10 · verse 4 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.3Yea also, when the fool walketh by the way, his understanding faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool.

v.4This passage

v.5There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as it were an error which proceedeth from the ruler:

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Ecclesiastes 8:3

    Be not hasty to go out of his presence; persist not in an evil thing: for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.

  • Proverbs 25:15

    By long forbearing is a ruler persuaded, And a soft tongue breaketh the bone.

  • 1 Samuel 25:24

    And she fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me be the iniquity; and let thy handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine ears, and hear thou the words of thy handmaid.