Ecclesiastes 10:6
when they put fools in high positions, while those who are richly qualified are put in low positions.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.
In Context
5I also realized there's another evil here on earth: rulers make a big mistake
7I've seen slaves riding on horseback, while princes walk on the ground like slaves.
Cross References
1 Kings 12:13The king answered the people sharply. Dismissing the advice of the elders,
Psalms 12:8even though the wicked are all around us, and evil is being promoted everywhere.
Proverbs 28:28When the wicked come to power, people hide; but when they fall, the good do well.
James 2:3If you pay special attention to the well-dressed man, and say, “Please sit here in a seat of honor,” while you say to the poor man, “Stand over there, or sit on the floor by my feet,”
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 →