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


In Context

13 The beginning of the words of his mouth is folly, And the latter end of his mouth Is mischievous madness.

14 And the fool multiplieth words: 'Man knoweth not that which is, And that which is after him, who doth declare to him?'

15 The labour of the foolish wearieth him, In that he hath not known to go unto the city.

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

17 Happy 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.

18 By slothfulness is the wall brought low, And by idleness of the hands doth the house drop.

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

10:16Woe to you, O land whose king was a servant and whose princes feast 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 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!