Ecclesiastes 10:5
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, 1 Wherein an error has proceeded from the ruler. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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
6The fool has been set in very high places, 1 While rich men would sit in a low one. 1
Cross References
Proverbs 19:10Delight does not suit a fool, 1 Nor is it seemly if a servant should begin to rule with haughtiness. 1
Ecclesiastes 4:1So I returned, 1 And saw all the oppressions 1 That were done under the sun: 1 And behold the tear of the oppressed, 1 And they had no comforter; 1 And on the side of them that oppressed them was power; 1 But they had no comforter: 1
Ecclesiastes 5:13And that wealth shall perish in an evil trouble: 1 And the man begets a son, and there is nothing in his hand. 1
Ecclesiastes 9:3There is this evil in all that is done under the sun, 1 That there is one event to all: 1 Yea, the heart of the sons of men is filled with evil, 1 And madness is in their heart during their life, 1 And after that they go to the dead. 1
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 →