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16 邦国啊,你的君王若年少,
你的群臣早晨宴乐,
你就有祸了!
17 邦国啊,你的君王若是贵族之子,
你的群臣按时吃喝,
是为强身,不为酒醉,
你就有福了!
18 因人懒惰,房顶塌下;
因人手懒,房屋滴漏。

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16 Woe to the land whose king was a servant[a](A)
    and whose princes feast in the morning.
17 Blessed is the land whose king is of noble birth
    and whose princes eat at a proper time—
    for strength and not for drunkenness.(B)

18 Through laziness, the rafters sag;
    because of idle hands, the house leaks.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 10:16 Or king is a child