Ecclesiastes 10:6
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Parallel Verses
English Standard Version
folly is set in many high places, and the rich sit in a low place.

New American Standard Bible
folly is set in many exalted places while rich men sit in humble places.

King James Bible
Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The fool is appointed to great heights, but the rich remain in lowly positions.

International Standard Version
Foolishness is given great honor, while the prosperous sit in lowly places.

NET Bible
Fools are placed in many positions of authority, while wealthy men sit in lowly positions.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Foolish people are often given high positions, and rich people are left to fill lower positions.

King James 2000 Bible
Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.

American King James Version
Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.

American Standard Version
folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in a low place.

Douay-Rheims Bible
A fool set in high dignity, and the rich sitting beneath.

Darby Bible Translation
folly is set in great dignities, but the rich sit in a low place.

English Revised Version
folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.

Webster's Bible Translation
Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.

World English Bible
Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in a low place.

Young's Literal Translation
He hath set the fool in many high places, And the rich in a low place do sit.
Lexicon
Folly
cekel  (seh'-kal)
silliness; concretely and collectively, dolts -- folly.
is set
nathan  (naw-than')
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
in great
rab  (rab)
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
dignity
marowm  (maw-rome')
altitude, i.e. concretely (an elevated place), abstractly (elevation, figuratively (elation), or adverbially (aloft) -- (far) above, dignity, haughty, height, (most, on) high (one, place), loftily, upward.
and the rich
`ashiyr  (aw-sheer')
rich, whether literal or figurative (noble) -- rich (man).
sit
yashab  (yaw-shab')
to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
in low place
shephel  (shay'-fel)
an humble rank -- low estate (place).
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