Ecc 5:8 | HCSB | STEP | If you see oppression of the poor and perversion of justice and righteousness in the province , don’t be astonished at the situation , because one official protects another official , and higher officials protect them.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

The Realities of Wealth

8 If you see oppression of the poor ^a and perversion of justice and righteousness in the province, don’t be astonished at the situation, ^b because one official protects another official, and higher officials protect them.