Verse 16
Ecclesiastes 10:16
King James Version
16
Woe to thee, O land, when thy king
is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
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
Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour:
so doth a little fo...
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2
A wise man’s heart
is at his right hand; but a fool’s heart at his left.
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3
Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth
him, and he saith to every o...
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4
If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great o...
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5
There is an evil
which I have seen under the sun, as an error
which proceedeth from the ruler:
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6
Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.
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7
I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.
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8
He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
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9
Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith;
and he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby...
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10
If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom
is...
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11
Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
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12
The words of a wise man’s mouth
are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
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13
The beginning of the words of his mouth
is foolishness: and the end of his talk
is mischievous madne...
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14
A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can...
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15
The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.
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16
Woe to thee, O land, when thy king
is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
17
Blessed
art thou, O land, when thy king
is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for...
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18
By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth thr...
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19
A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all
things.
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20
Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of t...
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