Ecclesiastes 10:17

Ecclesiastes chapter 10 · verse 17 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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!

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

American Standard Version · 1901

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!

Context

v.16Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!

v.17This passage

v.18By slothfulness the roof sinketh in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaketh.

Cross references

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

  • Isaiah 5:11

    Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that tarry late into the night, till wine inflame them!

  • Jeremiah 30:21

    And their prince shall be of themselves, and their ruler shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto me: for who is he that hath had boldness to approach unto me? saith Jehovah.

  • Ecclesiastes 10:6

    folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in a low place.

  • Proverbs 28:2

    For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof; But by men of understandingandknowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged.

  • Deuteronomy 14:26

    and thou shalt bestow the money for whatsoever thy soul desireth, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul asketh of thee; and thou shalt eat there before Jehovah thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou and thy household.

  • Proverbs 31:4

    It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; Nor for princes to say, Where is strong drink?