Ecclesiastes 10:16

Ecclesiastes chapter 10 · verse 16 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!

Context

v.15The labor of fools wearieth every one of them; for he knoweth not how to go to the city.

v.16This passage

v.17Happy 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!

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 2 Chronicles 36:9

    Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah.

  • Isaiah 3:4

    And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.

  • 2 Chronicles 36:2

    Joahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.

  • Hosea 7:5

    On the day of our king the princes made themselves sick with the heat of wine; he stretched out his hand with scoffers.

  • Jeremiah 21:12

    O house of David, thus saith Jehovah, Execute justice in the morning, and deliver him that is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn so that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.

  • Isaiah 3:12

    As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they that lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.