14 (A)A fool multiplies words,
    though no man knows what is to be,
    and who can tell him (B)what will be after him?
15 The toil of a fool wearies him,
    for he does not know (C)the way to the city.

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

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14     and fools multiply words.(A)

No one knows what is coming—
    who can tell someone else what will happen after them?(B)

15 The toil of fools wearies them;
    they do not know the way to town.

16 Woe to the land whose king was a servant[a](C)
    and whose princes feast in the morning.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 10:16 Or king is a child