Ecclesiastes 10:16
King James Version (KJV)
Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
In context
14 A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
15 The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.
16 Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
17 Blessed 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!
18 By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.
Ecclesiastes 10:16 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
- WEB World English Bible
- Woe to you, land, when your king is a child, and your princes eat in the morning!
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Woe to you, O land whose king is a youth, and whose princes feast in the morning.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- Woe to thee, O land, when thy king [is] a youth, And thy princes do eat in the morning.
- DBY Darby Translation
- Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
- WBS Webster Bible
- Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!