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


In Context

14 A fool multiplieth words. A man cannot tell what hath been before him: and what shall be after him, who can tell him?

15 The labour of fools shall afflict them that know not bow to go to the city.

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

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

18 By slothfulness a building shall be brought down, and through the weakness of hands, the house shall drop through.

19 For laughter they make bread, and wine that the living may feast: and all things obey money.

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 American Standard 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 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!