Ecclesiastes 10:16
Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!In other versions
Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
ASV
Unhappy is the land whose king is a boy, and whose rulers are feasting in the morning.
BBE
Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
DBY
Woe to you, land, when your king is a child, And your princes eat in the morning!
WEB
Wo to thee, O land, when thy king `is' a youth, And thy princes do eat in the morning.
YLT
Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child, and your princes eat in the morning!
ENG
Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
WBT
Woe to you, O land whose king is a youth, and whose princes feast in the morning.
BSB
In context
14A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
15The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.
16Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
17Blessed 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!
18By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.