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Ecclesiastes 10:16

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16How horrible it will be for any country where the king used to be a servant and where the high officials throw parties in the morning.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

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

and your princes feast in the morning!

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Woe to the land whose king was a servant

and whose princes feast in the morning.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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

and your princes feast in the morning.

NLTNew Living Translation

What sorrow for the land ruled by a servant,

the land whose leaders feast in the morning.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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

and your princes feast in the morning.

KJV 1900King James Version

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