Ecclesiastes 10:16 - Compare All Versions

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Woe to the land whose king was a servant and whose princes feast in the morning.

Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child, and your princes feast in the morning!

What sorrow for the land ruled by a servant, the land whose leaders feast in the morning.

Woe to you, land, when your king is a youth  and your princes feast in the morning.

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

Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child, And your princes feast in the morning!

Unlucky the land whose king is a young pup, And whose princes party all night. Lucky the land whose king is mature, Where the princes behave themselves And don’t drink themselves silly. * * *

Woe to you, land whose king is a boy, and whose princes feast in the morning.

Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child and when your [incompetent] officials and princes feast in the morning.

Woe to you, O land, when your king is childish, and your princes feast in the morning!