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Ecclesiastes 10:16-18
GOD’S WORD Translation
Ecclesiastes 10:16-18
GOD’S WORD Translation
16 How horrible it will be for any country where the king used to be a servant and where the high officials throw parties in the morning. 17 A country is blessed when the king is from a noble family and when the high officials eat at the right time in order to get strength and not to get drunk.
18 A roof sags because of laziness. A house leaks because of idle hands.
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Ecclesiastes 10:16-18
New International Version
Ecclesiastes 10:16-18
New International Version
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)
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 10:16 Or king is a child
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