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Ecclesiastes 10:17

17  Happy are you, O land, when your king is the son of the nobility,

and your princes feast at the proper time,

for strength, and not for adrunkenness!

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Ecclesiastes 10:17 — The New International Version (NIV)

17 Blessed is the land whose king is of noble birth

and whose princes eat at a proper time—

for strength and not for drunkenness.

Ecclesiastes 10:17 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

17 Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!

Ecclesiastes 10:17 — New Living Translation (NLT)

17 Happy is the land whose king is a noble leader

and whose leaders feast at the proper time

to gain strength for their work, not to get drunk.

Ecclesiastes 10:17 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

17 Blessed are you, O land, when your king is the son of nobles,

And your princes feast at the proper time—

For strength and not for drunkenness!

Ecclesiastes 10:17 — New Century Version (NCV)

17 How lucky a country is whose king comes from a good family,

whose leaders eat only at mealtime

and for strength, not to get drunk.

Ecclesiastes 10:17 — American Standard Version (ASV)

17 Happy art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!

Ecclesiastes 10:17 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

17 Happy art thou, O land, when thy king is a son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!

Ecclesiastes 10:17 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

17 A country is blessed when the king is from a noble family and when the high officials eat at the right time in order to get strength and not to get drunk. 

Ecclesiastes 10:17 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

17 Blessed are you, land, when your king is a son of nobles

and your princes feast at the proper time—

for strength and not for drunkenness.

Ecclesiastes 10:17 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

17 Happy are you, O land, when your king is a nobleman,

and your princes feast at the proper time—

for strength, and not for drunkenness!

Ecclesiastes 10:17 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

17 Blessed are you, O land, when your king is a son of nobility

and your princes feast at the proper time—

to gain strength and not to get drunk.

Ecclesiastes 10:17 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

17 How blessed is the land whose king was born into the royal family!

How blessed if its princes eat and drink at the proper time!

How blessed if they eat and drink to become strong and not to get drunk!

Ecclesiastes 10:17 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

17 Blessed are you, O land, whose king is of nobility and whose princes eat at the appropriate time—for strength and not for drunkenness.


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