Ecclesiastes 10:16

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Ecclesiastes 10:16

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Berean Standard Bible

Woe to you, O land whose king is a youth, and whose princes feast in the morning.

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KJV

King James Version

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

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WEB

World English Bible

Woe to you, land, when your king is a child, and your princes eat in the morning!

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ASV

American Standard Version

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

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Ecclesiastes 10

¹⁴ Yet the fool multiplies words. No one knows what is coming, and who can tell him what will come after him?

¹⁵ The toil of a fool wearies him, for he does not know the way to the city.

¹⁶ Woe to you, O land whose king is a youth, and whose princes feast in the morning.

¹⁷ Blessed are you, O land whose king is a son of nobles, and whose princes feast at the proper time—for strength and not for drunkenness.

¹⁸ Through laziness the roof caves in, and in the hands of the idle, the house leaks.

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