Text -- Ecclesiastes 10:5 (NET)

10:5 I have seen another misfortune on the earth: It is an error a ruler makes.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Ecc 10:5

¹ tn The term “another” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation to indicate that this is not the first “misfortune” described by the Teacher. See 5:13, 16; 6:1-2.

² tn Heb “an evil.”

³ tn Heb “under the sun.”

⁴ tn Heb “like an error that comes forth from the presence of a ruler.”