Ecclesiastes 10:17 | |
NASB: Blessed are you, O land, whose king is of nobility and whose princes eat at the appropriate time-- for strength and not for drunkenness. (NASB ©1995) GWT: A country is blessed when the king is from a noble family and when the high officials eat at the right time in order to get strength and not to get drunk. (GOD'S WORD®) KJV: Blessed 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! ASV: 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! BBE: Happy is the land whose ruler is of noble birth, and whose chiefs take food at the right time, for strength and not for feasting. DBY: Happy art thou, O land, when thy king is a son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness! JPS: Happy art thou, O land, when thy king is a free man, and thy princes eat in due season, in strength, and not in drunkenness! WBS: Blessed 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! WEB: Happy are you, land, when your king is the son of nobles, and your princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness! YLT: Happy art thou, O land, When thy king [is] a son of freemen, And thy princes do eat in due season, For might, and not for drunkenness. | |
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