American King James Version
"Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child, and your princes eat in the morning! "
— Ecclesiastes 10:16, American King James Version
“Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!”
“Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning! ”
“Woe to you, land, when your king is a child, and your princes eat in the morning!”
“The Problem with Foolish Rulers Woe to you, O land, when your king is childish, and your princes feast in the morning!”
“Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and when the princes eat in the morning.”
“Unhappy is the land whose king is a boy, and whose rulers are feasting in the morning.”
“Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!”
The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.
A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
The labor of the foolish wearies every one of them, because he knows not how to go to the city. ¶
Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child, and your princes eat in the morning!
Blessed are you, O land, when your king is the son of nobles, and your princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness! ¶
By much slothfulness the building decays; and through idleness of the hands the house drops through. ¶
A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes merry: but money answers all things. ¶