Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in a low place.
WEB
Folly is appointed to great heights, but the rich sit in lowly positions.
YLT
He hath set the fool in many high places, And the rich in a low place do sit.
DBT
folly is set in great dignities, but the rich sit in a low place.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentEcclesiastes — Qohelet the Preacher — ''vanity of vanities, all is vanity.'' The book's relentless examination of life under the sun, resolving not in despair but in ''fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.''
- Author
- Traditional: Solomon (''son of David, king in Jerusalem''). Critical: a later Qohelet figure writing in Solomonic persona. §7.9 surfaces; Pastor Marc's drawer carries the position.
- Date
- Solomonic reading: c. 940 BC. Critical reading: Persian or early Hellenistic period (5th–3rd century BC).