Ecclesiastes 10:14-16

21st Century King James Version

¹⁴A fool also is full of words: A man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him — who can tell him?

¹⁵The labor of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.

¹⁶Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child and thy princes feast in the morning!

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)

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

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

21st Century King James Version (KJ21)

New International Version (NIV)