Ecclesiastes 10:5
There is an evil I have seen under the sun, || As ignorance that goes out from the ruler,
Literal Standard Version
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
6He has set the fool in many high places, || And the rich sits in a low place.
Cross References
Proverbs 19:10Luxury is not fitting for a fool, || Much less for a servant to rule among princes.
Ecclesiastes 4:1And I have turned, and I see all the oppressions that are done under the sun, and behold, the tear of the oppressed, and they have no comforter; and at the hand of their oppressors [is] power, and they have no comforter.
Ecclesiastes 5:13There is a painful evil I have seen under the sun: wealth kept for its possessor, for his evil.
Ecclesiastes 9:3This [is] an evil among all that has been done under the sun, that one event [is] to all, and also the heart of the sons of man is full of evil, and madness [is] in their heart during their life, and after it—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 →