Ecclesiastes 10:6
a foolish man appointed to a high dignity, and the rich sitting beneath him.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.
In Context
7I have seen servants on horses, and princes walking on the ground like servants.
Cross References
1 Kings 12:13And the king responded to the people harshly, leaving behind the counsel of the elders that they had given to him.
Proverbs 28:28When the impious rise up, men will hide themselves. When they perish, the just shall be multiplied.
James 2:3and if you are then attentive to the one who is clothed in excellent apparel, so that you say to him, “You may sit in this good place,” but you say to the poor man, “You stand over there,” or, “Sit below my footstool,”
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 10:5-12
Mutual Duties of Princes and Subjects. 4 If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences. 5 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler: 6 Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place. 7 I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth. 8 He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh a hedge, a serpent shall bite him. 9 Whoso removeth stones… Read the whole commentary →