Ecclesiastes 10:16-18
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
16 Alas for you, O land, when your king is a child
and your princes feast in the morning!(A)
17 Happy are you, O land, when your king is a nobleman,
and your princes feast at the proper time—
for strength and not for drunkenness!(B)
18 Through sloth the roof sinks in,
and through indolence the house leaks.(C)
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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