17Happy 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!


In Context

14 A fool also multiplieth words: yet man knoweth not what shall be; and that which shall be after him, who can tell him?

15 The labor of fools wearieth every one of them; for he knoweth not how to go to the city.

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

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!

18 By slothfulness the roof sinketh in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaketh.

19 A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh glad the life; and money answereth all things.

Ecclesiastes 10:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:17Blessed [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!

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

10:17Blessed are you, O land whose king is of noble birth and whose princes eat at a proper time- for strength and not for drunkenness.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

10:17Blessed is the land, whose king is noble, and whose princes eat in due season for refreshment, and not for riotousness.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:17Happy 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!

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

10:17Happy 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!

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:17Blessed 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!

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:17Happy are you, land, when your king is the son of nobles, and your princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

10:17Happy art thou, O land, When thy king is a son of freemen, And thy princes do eat in due season, For might, and not for drunkenness.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:17Blessed are you, O land, when your king is the son of nobles, and your princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!