Ecclesiastes 10:6

Ecclesiastes chapter 10 · verse 6 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

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

King James Version · 1611

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

American Standard Version · 1901

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

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

v.6This passage

v.7I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking like servants upon the earth.

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

1 Kings 12:13
And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him,
Proverbs 28:28
When the wicked rise, men hide themselves; But when they perish, the righteous increase.
Proverbs 29:2
When the righteous are increased, the people rejoice; But when a wicked man beareth rule, the people sigh.
Esther 3:1
After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him.
Psalms 12:8
The wicked walk on every side, When vileness is exalted among the sons of men.
Proverbs 28:12
When the righteous triumph, there is great glory; But when the wicked rise, men hide themselves.