Ecclesiastes 10:6 Fools are put in many high positions, while the rich occupy the low ones.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
Fools are put in many high positions, while the rich occupy the low ones.

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.

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.

Young's Literal Translation
He hath set the fool in many high places, And the rich in a low place do sit.

Cross References

Esther 3:1
After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him.

Esther 3:5
And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath.

Proverbs 19:10
Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

Proverbs 28:12
When righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden.

Proverbs 29:2
When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked bears rule, the people mourn.

Ecclesiastes 10:5
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceeds from the ruler:

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

10:4-10 Solomon appears to caution men not to seek redress in a hasty manner, nor to yield to pride and revenge. Do not, in a passion, quit thy post of duty; wait awhile, and thou wilt find that yielding pacifies great offences. Men are not preferred according to their merit. And those are often most forward to offer help, who are least aware of the difficulties, or the consequences. The same remark is applied to the church, or the body of Christ, that all the members should have the same care one for another.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

6. rich—not in mere wealth, but in wisdom, as the antithesis to "folly" (for "foolish men") shows. So Hebrew, rich, equivalent to "liberal," in a good sense (Isa 32:5). Mordecai and Haman (Es 3:1, 2; 6:6-11).