Ecclesiastes 10:6
The fool has been set in very high places, while rich men would sit in a low one.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.
In Context
5There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, wherein an error has proceeded from the ruler.
7I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants on the earth.
Cross References
1 Kings 12:13And the king answered the people harshly; and Roboam forsook the counsel of the old men which they counselled him.
Proverbs 28:28In the places of ungodly men the righteous + 28:28 Gr. groan.mourn: but in their destruction the righteous shall be multiplied.
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 →