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.


In Context

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.

19 A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes life merry, but money is the answer for everything.

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 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 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!