Ecclesiastes 10:6
נִתַּן הַסֶּכֶל בַּמְּרוֹמִים רַבִּים וַעֲשִׁירִים בַּשֵּׁפֶל יֵשֵֽׁבוּ ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.
In Context
5יֵשׁ רָעָה רָאִיתִי תַּחַת הַשָּׁמֶשׁ כִּשְׁגָגָה שֶׁיֹּצָא מִלִּפְנֵי הַשַּׁלִּֽיט ׃
7רָאִיתִי עֲבָדִים עַל ־ סוּסִים וְשָׂרִים הֹלְכִים כַּעֲבָדִים עַל ־ הָאָֽרֶץ ׃
Cross References
1 Kings 12:13וַיַּעַן הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶת ־ הָעָם קָשָׁה וַֽיַּעֲזֹב אֶת ־ עֲצַת הַזְּקֵנִים אֲשֶׁר יְעָצֻֽהוּ ׃
Psalms 12:8אַתָּֽה ־ יְהוָה תִּשְׁמְרֵם תִּצְּרֶנּוּ ׀ מִן ־ הַדּוֹר זוּ לְעוֹלָֽם ׃ סָבִיב רְשָׁעִים יִתְהַלָּכוּן כְּרֻם זֻלּוּת לִבְנֵי אָדָֽם ׃
Proverbs 28:28בְּקוּם רְשָׁעִים יִסָּתֵר אָדָם וּבְאָבְדָם יִרְבּוּ צַדִּיקִֽים ׃
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 →