Parallel Bible results for "ecclesiastes 5:8-9"

Ecclesiastes 5:8-9

Revised Standard Version RSV

8 If you see in a province the poor oppressed and justice and right violently taken away, do not be amazed at the matter; for the high official is watched by a higher, and there are yet higher ones over them.

9 But in all, a king is an advantage to a land with cultivated fields.

New International Version NIV

8 If you see the poor oppressed in a district, and justice and rights denied, do not be surprised at such things; for one official is eyed by a higher one, and over them both are others higher still.

9 The increase from the land is taken by all; the king himself profits from the fields.