Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
The fool is set in many high places, but the rich sit in lowly places.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.
Holman Bible
but the rich remain in lowly positions.
International Standard Version
Foolishness is given great honor, while the prosperous sit in lowly places.
A Conservative Version
Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in a low place.
American Standard Version
folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in a low place.
Amplified
folly is set in many exalted places and in great dignity while the rich sit in humble places.
Bible in Basic English
The foolish are placed in high positions, but men of wealth are kept low.
Darby Translation
folly is set in great dignities, but the rich sit in a low place.
Julia Smith Translation
Folly was given to great heights, and the rich were set in lowness.
King James 2000
Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.
Modern King James verseion
foolishness is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
in that a fool sitteth in great dignity, and the rich are set down beneath.
NET Bible
Fools are placed in many positions of authority, while wealthy men sit in lowly positions.
New Heart English Bible
Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in a low place.
The Emphasized Bible
Folly placed in great dignity, - while, the rich, in a low place, took their seat:
Webster
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.
Youngs Literal Translation
He hath set the fool in many high places, And the rich in a low place do sit.
Themes
Interlinear
Nathan
Marowm
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ecclesiastes 10:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Burden Of Folly
5 There is an evil I have seen under the sun-- [it is] an error that proceeds from a ruler! 6 The fool is set in many high places, but the rich sit in lowly places. 7 I have even seen slaves [riding] on horses and princes walking like slaves on the earth!
Cross References
Esther 3:1
After these things King Ahasuerus promoted Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and he exalted him and set {his position} above all the officials who [were] with him.
Proverbs 28:12
When the righteous triumphs, great [is] the glory, but with [the] rising of the wicked, a person will be hidden.
Proverbs 29:2
When the righteous are numerous, the people will rejoice, but when the wicked are ruling, people will groan.
Judges 9:14-20
So all the trees said to the thornbush, 'You, come rule over us.'
1 Kings 12:13-14
Then the king answered all the people harshly, [as] he had rejected the advice of the old men that they had offered.
Psalm 12:8
[The] wicked prowl about when vileness [is] exalted among [the] children of humankind.
Proverbs 28:28
With [the] rising of the wicked, humankind will be hidden, and with their perishing, [the] righteous will multiply.
James 2:3-5
and you look favorably on the one wearing the fine clothing and you say, "Be seated here in a good place," and to the poor person you say, "You stand or be seated there by my footstool,"