Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.
The rich sit in low place - not in mere wealth, but in wisdom, as the antithesis to "folly" (for "foolish men") shows. [So rich, `ashiyr (H6223), is here used, as the similar Greek word in Luke 12:21; James 2:5; Revelation 2:9.] Compare, as cases in point, Mordecai and Haman (Esther 3:1-2; Esther 6:6-11). God's people Israel, who were designed to be rich (Deuteronomy 15:4-6; Deuteronomy 28:11).