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.


In Context

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.

19 For mirth they are making a feast, And wine maketh life joyful, And the silver answereth with all.

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 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 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!