American Standard Version
"Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning! "
— Ecclesiastes 10:16, American Standard Version
“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 multiplieth words: yet man knoweth not what shall be; and that which shall be after him, who can tell him?
The labor of fools wearieth every one of them; for he knoweth not how to go to the city.
Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
Happy art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!
By slothfulness the roof sinketh in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaketh.
A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh glad the life; and money answereth all things.