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Ecclesiastes 10:6

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6kFolly is set †in great dignity, and the rich sit in llow place.

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Footnotes

  1. kSo Prov. 28:12. & 29:2?
  2. †Heb. in great heights. See Job 16:19 marg.
  3. lPs. 136:23 (Heb.).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

folly is set in many high places, and the rich sit in a low place.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Fools are put in many high positions,

while the rich occupy the low ones.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The fool is appointed to great heights,

but the rich remain in lowly positions.

NLTNew Living Translation

when they give great authority to foolish people and low positions to people of proven worth.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

The fool is set in many high places,

but the rich sit in lowly places.