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Ecclesiastes 10:16–17

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16zWoe to you, O land, when your king is a child,

and your princes feast in the morning!

17Happy 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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Cross references

  1. zIsa. 3:4, 12; [2 Chr. 13:7]
  2. a[Prov. 31:4; Isa. 5:11]

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Woe to the land whose king was a servant

and whose princes feast in the morning.

Blessed is the land whose king is of noble birth

and whose princes eat at a proper time—

for strength and not for drunkenness.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Woe to you, land, when your king is a youth

and your princes feast in the morning.

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.

NLTNew Living Translation

What sorrow for the land ruled by a servant,

the land whose leaders feast in the morning.

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.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Woe to you, O land, when your king is a youth

and your princes feast in the morning.

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.

KJV 1900King James Version

Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning! 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!