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

就是愚昧人立在高位；富足人坐在低位。

就是愚昧人立在高位；有钱人却坐在低位。

就是愚昧人立在高位；有钱人却坐在低位。

愚人身居许多高位，富人却屈居在下。

就是愚昧人得居众多高位，富有的人却处卑位。

愚笨人被安置在众多的高位，富有的人却坐在低位。

就是愚昧人立在高位；富足人坐在低位。

就是愚昧人立在高位；有錢人卻坐在低位。

就是愚昧人立在高位；有錢人卻坐在低位。

愚人身居許多高位，富人卻屈居在下。

就是愚昧人得居眾多高位，富有的人卻處卑位。

就是愚昧人得立在許多高位上；富足人倒坐於低位。

愚笨人被安置在眾多的高位，富有的人卻坐在低位。

即置愚者於高位、坐富者於下座也、

即愚者反居高位、君子反居卑賤、

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

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

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

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

foolishness is set in many exalted places while the rich sit in humble places.

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

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

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

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

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

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

When the godly succeed, everyone is glad. When the wicked take charge, people go into hiding.

When the godly are in authority, the people rejoice. But when the wicked are in power, they groan.

Some time later King Xerxes promoted Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite over all the other nobles, making him the most powerful official in the empire.

even though the wicked strut about, and evil is praised throughout the land.

“ Then all the trees finally turned to the thornbush and said,‘ Come, you be our king!’And the thornbush replied to the trees,‘ If you truly want to make me your king, come and take shelter in my shade. If not, let fire come out from me and devour the cedars of Lebanon.’”Jotham continued,“ Now make sure you have acted honorably and in good faith by making Abimelech your king, and that you have done right by Gideon and all of his descendants. Have you treated him with the honor he deserves for all he accomplished?For he fought for you and risked his life when he rescued you from the Midianites.But today you have revolted against my father and his descendants, killing his seventy sons on one stone. And you have chosen his slave woman’s son, Abimelech, to be your king just because he is your relative.“ If you have acted honorably and in good faith toward Gideon and his descendants today, then may you find joy in Abimelech, and may he find joy in you.But if you have not acted in good faith, then may fire come out from Abimelech and devour the leading citizens of Shechem and Beth millo; and may fire come out from the citizens of Shechem and Beth millo and devour Abimelech!”

But Rehoboam spoke harshly to the people, for he rejected the advice of the older counselorsand followed the counsel of his younger advisers. He told the people,“ My father laid heavy burdens on you, but I’m going to make them even heavier! My father beat you with whips, but I will beat you with scorpions!”

When the wicked take charge, people go into hiding. When the wicked meet disaster, the godly flourish.

If you give special attention and a good seat to the rich person, but you say to the poor one,“ You can stand over there, or else sit on the floor”— well,doesn’t this discrimination show that your judgments are guided by evil motives?Listen to me, dear brothers and sisters. Hasn’t God chosen the poor in this world to be rich in faith? Aren’t they the ones who will inherit the Kingdom he promised to those who love him?