Verse 16
Ecclesiastes 10:16
New Living Translation
16
What sorrow for the land ruled by a servant,<br>the land whose leaders feast in the morning.<br>
Original Language Text
hebrew
אִֽי לָ֣/ךְ אֶ֔רֶץ שֶׁ/מַּלְכֵּ֖/ךְ נָ֑עַר וְ/שָׂרַ֖יִ/ךְ בַּ/בֹּ֥קֶר יֹאכֵֽלוּ
English Translation
Where is your land that your young man and your nobles will eat in the morning?
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Chapter 10 Context
1
As dead flies cause even a bottle of perfume to stink,<br>so a little foolishness spoils great wisdo...
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A wise person chooses the right road;<br>a fool takes the wrong one.<br>
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3
You can identify fools<br>just by the way they walk down the street!<br>
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4
If your boss is angry at you, don’t quit!<br>A quiet spirit can overcome even great mistakes.<br>
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5
There is another evil I have seen under the sun. Kings and rulers make a grave mistake
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when they give great authority to foolish people and low positions to people of proven worth.
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I have even seen servants riding horseback like princes — and princes walking like servants!
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8
When you dig a well,<br>you might fall in.<br>When you demolish an old wall,<br>you could be bitten...
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9
When you work in a quarry,<br>stones might fall and crush you.<br>When you chop wood,<br>there is da...
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10
Using a dull ax requires great strength,<br>so sharpen the blade.<br>That’s the value of wisdom;<br>...
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11
If a snake bites before you charm it,<br>what’s the use of being a snake charmer?<br>
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12
Wise words bring approval,<br>but fools are destroyed by their own words.<br>
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13
Fools base their thoughts on foolish assumptions,<br>so their conclusions will be wicked madness;<br...
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14
they chatter on and on.<br> No one really knows what is going to happen;<br>no one can predict the f...
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15
Fools are so exhausted by a little work<br>that they can’t even find their way home.<br>
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16
What sorrow for the land ruled by a servant,<br>the land whose leaders feast in the morning.<br>
17
Happy is the land whose king is a noble leader<br>and whose leaders feast at the proper time<br>to g...
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18
Laziness leads to a sagging roof;<br>idleness leads to a leaky house.<br>
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19
A party gives laughter,<br>wine gives happiness,<br>and money gives everything!<br>
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20
Never make light of the king, even in your thoughts.<br>And don’t make fun of the powerful, even in...
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