Ecclesiastes 10:5
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, like an error which proceedeth from the ruler:
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler:
In Context
6Folly is set in great high places, and the rich sit in lowness.
Cross References
Proverbs 19:10Delicacy is not seemly for a fool: much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
Ecclesiastes 4:1And I turned about, and beheld all the oppressed that are made so under the sun: and, behold, there are the tears of the oppressed, and they have no comforter; and from the hand of their oppressors they suffer violence; and they have no comforter.
Ecclesiastes 5:13(5:12) There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, [namely,] riches reserved for their owner to his own hurt.
Ecclesiastes 9:3This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one occurrence for all, and that also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and that madness is in their heart while they live, and after this they go to the dead.
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 →