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


In Context

13 At the beginning his words are folly; at the end they are wicked madness-

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

15 A fool's work wearies him; he does not know the way to town.

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

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

18 If a man is lazy, the rafters sag; if his hands are idle, the house leaks.

Ecclesiastes 10:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:16Woe to thee, O land, when thy king [is] a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

10:16Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and when the princes eat in the morning.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

10:16Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:16Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

10:16Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:16Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:16Woe to you, land, when your king is a child, and your princes eat in the morning!

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

10:16Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a youth, And thy princes do eat in the morning.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:16Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child, and your princes eat in the morning!