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Ecclesiastes 10:6
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The fool is appointed to great heights,but the rich remain in lowly positions.
Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in a low place.
Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.
folly is set in many high places, and the rich sit in a low place.
foolishness is set in many exalted places while the rich sit in humble places.
Fools are given important positions while gifted people are given lower ones;
folly is set in many exalted places and in great dignity while the rich sit in humble places.
Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in a low place.
Follie is set in great excellencie, and the riche set in the lowe place.
folly is set in many exalted places while rich men sit in humble places.
Folly is appointed to great heights, but the rich sit in lowly positions.
fools are promoted to high positions, while the rich occupy humble places.
folly is set in great dignities, but the rich sit in a low place.
Fools are given important positions, while the rich get jobs that are not important.
The fool is set in high and powerful places, and the rich shall sit in a low place.
Stupid people are given positions of authority while the rich are ignored.
The fool is set in many high places, but the rich sit in lowly places.
folly is set in many high positions , and many rich men sit in low situations .
in yt a foole sytteth in greate dignite, & the rich are sett downe beneth:
folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in a low place.
The foolish are placed in high positions, but men of wealth are kept low.
Folly is set on great heights, and the rich sit in low place.
Folly is set in great dignitie; and the rich sit in lowe place.
in that a foole sitteth in great dignitie, and the riche are set downe beneath.
The fool has been set in very high places, while rich men would sit in a low one.
folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.
and riche men sitte bynethe.
folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in a low place.
Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.
Fools are placed in many positions of authority, while wealthy men sit in lowly positions.
Folly is set in great dignity, While the rich sit in a lowly place.
when they give great authority to foolish people and low positions to people of proven worth.
Fools are put in many places of honor, while rich men sit in places that are not important.
folly is set in many high places, and the rich sit in a low place.
Folly placed in great dignity, - while, the rich, in a low place, took their seat:
A fool set in high dignity, and the rich sitting beneath.
folly is set in many high places, and the rich sit in a low place.
He hath set the fool in many high places, And the rich in a low place do sit.
folly is set in many exalted places while rich men sit in humble places.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Folly: Judges 9:14-20, 1 Kings 12:13, 1 Kings 12:14, Esther 3:1, Psalms 12:8, Proverbs 28:12, Proverbs 28:28
dignity: Heb. heights
the rich: James 2:3-5
Reciprocal: Proverbs 14:29 - exalteth Ecclesiastes 10:17 - when 2 Peter 2:10 - to speak
Cross-References
Ham entered the tent and saw him naked, then went back outside and told his brothers.
and they found a lot of good pastureland that was quiet and undisturbed. This had once belonged to the Hamites,
He killed the first-born son of each Egyptian family.
Jacob and his family came and settled in Egypt as foreigners.
to his people in Egypt, and they worked miracles and wonders there.
and the fearsome things you did at the Red Sea.
When that day comes, the Lord will again reach out his mighty arm and bring home his people who have survived in Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, Ethiopia, Elam, Shinar, Hamath, and the land along the coast.
Go ahead, Egypt. Tell your chariots and cavalry to attack and fight hard. Order your troops to march out, with Ethiopians and Libyans carrying shields, and the Lydians armed with bows and arrows.
Brave soldiers from Persia, Lydia, and Libya served in your navy, protecting you with shields and helmets, and making you famous.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Folly is set in great dignity,.... Or "in great heights" q; in high places of honour and truest; even foolish and wicked men; men of poor extraction, of low life, and of mean abilities and capacities; and, which is worse, men vile and vicious, as Doeg the Edomite, Haman the Amalekite, and others;
and the rich sit in low places; men not only of fortune and estates, and above doing mean and little actions, and so more fit for such high places; but men rich in wisdom and knowledge, of large capacities and of great endowments of mind, and so abundantly qualified for posts in the administration of government; and, above all, men rich in grace, fearing God, and hating coveteousness, as rulers ought to be, Exodus 18:21; and yet these sometimes are neglected, live in obscurity, who might otherwise be very useful in public life. The Targum interprets this and the following verse of the Israelites in exile and poverty among the Gentiles for their sins; so Jarchi.
q במרומים רבים εν υψεσι μεγαλοις, Sept. "in celsitudinibus amplis", Piscator, Amama, Gejerus; "in sublimitatibus amplis", Cocceius; "in altitudinibus magnis", Rambachius; "in great height", Broughton.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The “evil” of Ecclesiastes 10:5 is here specified as that caprice of a king by which an unworthy favorite of low origin is promoted to successive dignities, while a noble person is degraded or neglected.
