SinaiEcclesiastes 10:4
American Standard Version
If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for gentleness allayeth great offences.
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Ecclesiastes 10:4 in other translations
If the spirit of the ruler rises up against you, don’t leave your place; for gentleness lays great offenses to rest.
Ecclesiastes 10:4 in context
- 2A wise man’s heart is at his right hand; but a fool’s heart at his left.
- 3Yea also, when the fool walketh by the way, his understanding faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool.
- 4If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for gentleness allayeth great offences.
- 5There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as it were an error which proceedeth from the ruler:
- 6folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in a low place.