Ecclesiastes 10:5

Ecclesiastes 10:5 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

5There is an evil I have seen under the sun,

the sort of error that arises from a ruler:

5There is an evil I have seen under the sun, like a mistake that proceeds from the ruler:

5There is an evil I have seen under the sun, like an error which proceeds from the ruler—

5There is an evil I have seen under the sun —

an error that proceeds from the ruler:

5There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as it were an error which proceedeth from the ruler:

5There is an euil that I haue seene vnder the sunne, as an errour that proceedeth from the face of him that ruleth.

5There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, the sort of error which proceeds from the ruler.

5Here’s something evil I’ve seen on this earth.

And it’s the kind of mistake that rulers make.

5I have seen another terrible thing that happens on the earth.

It happens when a ruler does a silly thing.

5There is an evil I have seen under the sun, || As ignorance that goes out from the ruler,