Ecclesiastes 10:6
folly is set in great dignities, but the rich sit in a low place.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.
In Context
5There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, as an error [that] proceedeth from the ruler:
7I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.
Cross References
1 Kings 12:13And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the advice of the old men which they had given him;
Psalms 12:8The wicked walk about on every side, when vileness is exalted among the children of men.
Proverbs 28:28When the wicked rise, men hide themselves; but when they perish, the righteous increase.
James 2:3and ye look upon him who wears the splendid apparel, and say, Do thou sit here well, and say to the poor, Do thou stand there, or sit here under 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 →