| Ecclesiastes 10:16 Parallel Translations |  |
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| NASB: | Woe to you, O land, whose king is a lad and whose princes feast in the morning. (NASB ©1995) |
| GWT: | How horrible it will be for any country where the king used to be a servant and where the high officials throw parties in the morning.(GOD'S WORD®) |
| KJV: | Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning! |
| ASV: | Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning! |
| BBE: | Unhappy is the land whose king is a boy, and whose rulers are feasting in the morning. |
| DBY: | Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning! |
| ERV: | Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning! |
| JPS: | Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a boy, and thy princes feast in the morning! |
| WBS: | Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning! |
| WEB: | Woe to you, land, when your king is a child, and your princes eat in the morning! |
| YLT: | Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a youth, And thy princes do eat in the morning. |
| Ecclesiastes 10:16 Cross References |
| XREF: | Isaiah 3:4 And I will make mere lads their princes, And capricious children will rule over them,
Isaiah 3:12 O My people! Their oppressors are children, And women rule over them. O My people! Those who guide you lead you astray And confuse the direction of your paths. (NASB ©1995) |
| Commentaries and Concordances |
| GSB: | 10:16 Woe to thee, O land, when thy king [is] a {h} child, and thy princes {i} eat in the morning!
(h) That is, without wisdom and counsel.
(i) Are given to their lusts and pleasures. |
| WES: | 10:16 A child - Either in age, or childish qualities. Eat - Give up themselves to eating and drinking. Morning - The fittest time for God's service, for the dispatch of weighty affairs, and for sitting in judgment. |
| MHC: | 10:16-20 The happiness of a land depends on the character of its rulers. The people cannot be happy when their princes are childish, and lovers of pleasure. Slothfulness is of ill consequence both to private and public affairs. Money, of itself, will neither feed nor clothe, though it answers the occasions of this present life, as what is to be had, may generally be had for money. But the soul, as it is not redeemed, so it is not maintained with corruptible things, as silver and gold. God sees what men do, and hears what they say in secret; and, when he pleases, brings it to light by strange and unsuspected ways. If there be hazard in secret thoughts and whispers against earthly rulers, what must be the peril from every deed, word, or thought of rebellion against the King of kings, and Lord of lords! He seeth in secret. His ear is ever open. Sinner! curse not THIS KING in thy inmost thought. Your curses cannot affect Him; but his curse, coming down upon you, will sink you to the lowest hell. |
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