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Ecclesiastes 10:14-17
Living Bible
Ecclesiastes 10:14-17
Living Bible
14 A fool knows all about the future and tells everyone in detail! But who can really know what is going to happen? 15 A fool is so upset by a little work that he has no strength for the simplest matter.[a]
16-17 Woe to the land whose king is a child and whose leaders are already drunk in the morning. Happy the land whose king is a nobleman and whose leaders work hard before they feast and drink, and then only to strengthen themselves for the tasks ahead!
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- Ecclesiastes 10:15 for the simplest matter, literally, “for a trip to the city.”
Ecclesiastes 10:14-16
New International Version
Ecclesiastes 10:14-16
New International Version
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.
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 10:16 Or king is a child
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