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Ecclesiastes 10:6 KJV
Ecclesiastes · chapter 10 · verse 6
Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.Ecclesiastes 10:6 · King James Version
Ecclesiastes 10:6 in context
4If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.
5There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler:
6Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.
7I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.
8He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- dignitymârôwmaltitudeH4791 →
- FollyçekelsillinessH5529 →
- greatrababundantH7227 →
- richʻâshîyrrich, whether literal or figurativeH6223 →
- setnâthanto give, used with greatest latitude of applicationH5414 →
- sityâshabproperly, to sit downH3427 →
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The scope of these verses is to keep subjects loyal and dutiful to the government. In Solomon's reign the people were very rich, and lived in prosperity, which perhaps made them proud and petulant, and when the taxes were high, though they had enough to pay them with, it is probable that many conducted themselves…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 4-11