Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Fools are put in many high positions, while the rich occupy the low ones. New Living Translation when they give great authority to foolish people and low positions to people of proven worth. English Standard Version folly is set in many high places, and the rich sit in a low place. Berean Standard Bible Folly is appointed to great heights, but the rich sit in lowly positions. King James Bible Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place. New King James Version Folly is set in great dignity, While the rich sit in a lowly place. New American Standard Bible foolishness is set in many exalted places while the rich sit in humble places. NASB 1995 folly is set in many exalted places while rich men sit in humble places. NASB 1977 folly is set in many exalted places while rich men sit in humble places. Legacy Standard Bible folly is set in many exalted places while rich men sit in humble places. Amplified Bible folly is set in many exalted places and in great dignity while the rich sit in humble places. Christian Standard Bible The fool is appointed to great heights, but the rich remain in lowly positions. Holman Christian Standard Bible The fool is appointed to great heights, but the rich remain in lowly positions. American Standard Version folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in a low place. Aramaic Bible in Plain English For a fool sits in a high mighty place, and the rich will be seated in humility Brenton Septuagint Translation The fool has been set in very high places, while rich men would sit in a low one. Contemporary English Version They honor fools, but dishonor the rich; Douay-Rheims Bible A fool set in high dignity, and the rich sitting beneath. English Revised Version folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place. GOD'S WORD® Translation Foolish people are often given high positions, and rich people are left to fill lower positions. Good News Translation Stupid people are given positions of authority while the rich are ignored. International Standard Version Foolishness is given great honor, while the prosperous sit in lowly places. JPS Tanakh 1917 Folly is set on great heights, And the rich sit in low place. Literal Standard Version He has set the fool in many high places, | And the rich sits in a low place. Majority Standard Bible Folly is appointed to great heights, but the rich sit in lowly positions. New American Bible a fool put in high position, while the great and the rich sit in lowly places. NET Bible Fools are placed in many positions of authority, while wealthy men sit in lowly positions. New Revised Standard Version folly is set in many high places, and the rich sit in a low place. New Heart English Bible Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in a 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. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Wisdom and Folly…5There is an evil I have seen under the sun—an error that proceeds from the ruler: 6Folly is appointed to great heights, but the rich sit in lowly positions. 7I have seen slaves on horseback, while princes go on foot like slaves.… Cross References Esther 3:1 After these events, King Xerxes honored Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, elevating him to a position above all the princes who were with him. Esther 3:5 When Haman saw that Mordecai would not bow down or pay him homage, he was filled with rage. Proverbs 19:10 Luxury is unseemly for a fool--how much worse for a slave to rule over princes! Proverbs 28:12 When the righteous triumph, there is great glory, but when the wicked rise, men hide themselves. Proverbs 29:2 When the righteous flourish, the people rejoice, but when the wicked rule, the people groan. Ecclesiastes 10:5 There is an evil I have seen under the sun--an error that proceeds from the ruler: Treasury of Scripture Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place. folly Judges 9:14-20 Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us… 1 Kings 12:13,14 And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men's counsel that they gave him; … 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. dignity James 2:3-5 And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool: … Jump to Previous Dignities Dignity Exalted Folly Fool Foolish Fools Great Heights High Humble Kept Low Occupy Ones Placed Places Positions Rich Sit WealthJump to Next Dignities Dignity Exalted Folly Fool Foolish Fools Great Heights High Humble Kept Low Occupy Ones Placed Places Positions Rich Sit WealthEcclesiastes 10 1. observations of wisdom and folly7. death in life 9. and the day of judgment in the days of youth, are to be thought on Verse 6. - Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place. This is an instance of the error intimated in the preceding verse. A tyrannical ruler exalts incompetent persons, unworthy favorites, to "great heights" (ἐν ὅψεσι μεγάλοις, Septuagint), as it is literally - puts them into eminent positions. "Folly" is abstract for concrete, "fools." And the rich sit in low place. "The rich" (ushirim) are not simply those who have wealth, however obtained, but men of noble birth; ἀρχαιόπλουτοι, as Plumptre appositely notes, persons of ancestral wealth, who from natural position might be looked upon as rulers of men. Such men would seek eminent stations, not from base motives of gain, but from an honorable ambition, and yet they are often slighted by unworthy princes and kept in low estate (comp. 1 Samuel 2:7, 8; Proverbs 19:10; Ecclus. 11:5, 6). The experience mentioned in this and the following verses could scarcely have been Solomon's, though it has been always common enough in the East, where the most startling changes have been made, the lowest persons have been suddenly raised to eminence, mistresses and favorites loaded with dignities, and oppression of the rich has been systematically pursued. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Follyהַסֶּ֔כֶל (has·se·ḵel) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5529: Silliness, dolts is appointed נִתַּ֣ן (nit·tan) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5414: To give, put, set to great רַבִּ֑ים (rab·bîm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 7227: Much, many, great heights, בַּמְּרוֹמִ֖ים (bam·mə·rō·w·mîm) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 4791: Altitude but the rich וַעֲשִׁירִ֖ים (wa·‘ă·šî·rîm) Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 6223: Rich sit יֵשֵֽׁבוּ׃ (yê·šê·ḇū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry in lowly positions. בַּשֵּׁ֥פֶל (baš·šê·p̄el) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 8216: Low estate or condition Links Ecclesiastes 10:6 NIVEcclesiastes 10:6 NLT Ecclesiastes 10:6 ESV Ecclesiastes 10:6 NASB Ecclesiastes 10:6 KJV Ecclesiastes 10:6 BibleApps.com Ecclesiastes 10:6 Biblia Paralela Ecclesiastes 10:6 Chinese Bible Ecclesiastes 10:6 French Bible Ecclesiastes 10:6 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Ecclesiastes 10:6 Folly is set in great dignity (Ecclesiast. 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