There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler:
There is an evil ... as [or through: since kª- is used in Psalms 10:4 ] an error which proceedeth from (literally, from the face of) the ruler. Jerome, on the authority of his Jewish assistant, explained the Ruler as God: not that God is capable of "error," but men are tempted to think so, because of the inequality of things in the present state. Those who look only on the present, and who do not by faith survey the whole, and look on to the end, fancy that God does not govern justly (Ecclesiastes 8:2-3) But Ecclesiastes 10:4 applies to the earthly ruler; therefore, so also should this verse.