Ecclesiastes 10:6
A fool set in high dignity, and the rich sitting beneath.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.
In Context
7I have seen servants upon horses: and princes walking on the ground as servants.
Cross References
1 Kings 12:13And the king answered the people roughly, leaving the counsel of the old men, which they had given him,
Psalms 12:8Thou, O Lord, wilt preserve us.: and keep us from this generation for ever.
Proverbs 28:28When the wicked rise up, men shall hide themselves: when they perish, the lust shall be multiplied.
James 2:3And you have respect to him that is clothed with the fine apparel, and shall say to him: Sit thou here well; but say to the poor man: Stand thou there, or sit 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 →