Ecclesiastes 10:6 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

He hath set the fool in many high places, And the rich in a low place do sit.

English ASV

folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in a low place.

English Amplified

Folly is set in great dignity and in high places, and the rich sit in low places.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

Folly is set in great dignity and in high places, and the rich sit in low places.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

Folly is appointed to great heights, but the rich sit in lowly positions.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

The fool is appointed to great heights, but the rich remain in lowly positions.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

folly is set in great dignities, but the rich sit in a low place.

English EASY 2024

A ruler may give fools too much authority. At the same time, rich people have no authority.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Fools are given important positions, while the rich get jobs that are not important.

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

English GNT (Good News Translation)

Stupid people are given positions of authority while the rich are ignored.

English God's Word - GW 1995

Foolish people are often given high positions, and rich people are left to fill lower positions.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

The fool is appointed to great heights, but the rich remain in lowly positions.

English KJV 1611

Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.

English LSB

folly is set in many exalted places while rich men sit in humble places.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

the fool is present in many high places of position, but the rich sit in the low places.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

folly is set in many exalted places while rich men sit in humble places.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

a fool put in lofty position while the rich sit in lowly places.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

Fools are placed in many positions of authority, while wealthy men sit in lowly positions.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Foolish people are given many important jobs. Rich people are given unimportant ones.

English NIV

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

English NKJ 1982

Folly is set in great dignity, While the rich sit in a lowly place.

English NLT

if they give foolish people great authority, and if they fail to give people of proven worth their rightful place of dignity.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

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

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

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

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

For I have seen foolish men given great authority and rich men not given their rightful place of dignity!

English Tyndale 1537

in that a fool setteth in great dignity, and the rich are sit down beneath:

Ecclesiastes 10:6 — Compare Translations