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Ecclesiastes 10:16-18
New American Standard Bible 1995
Ecclesiastes 10:16-18
New American Standard Bible 1995
16 Woe to you, O land, whose (A)king is a lad and whose princes [a]feast in the morning. 17 Blessed are you, O land, whose king is of nobility and whose princes eat at the appropriate time—for strength and not for (B)drunkenness. 18 Through (C)indolence the rafters sag, and through slackness the house leaks.
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- Ecclesiastes 10:16 Lit eat
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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