Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
That land is blessed whose king is of noble birth, whose princes feast at the right time, for strength, and not to become drunk.
New American Standard Bible
Blessed are you, O land, whose king is of nobility and whose princes eat at the appropriate time—for strength and not for
King James Version
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!
Holman Bible
and your princes feast at the proper time—
for strength and not for drunkenness.
A Conservative Version
Happy are thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy rulers feast in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!
American Standard Version
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!
Amplified
Blessed [prosperous and admired] are you, O land, when your king is a man of noble birth, and your princes and officials feast at the proper time—for strength and not for drunkenness.
Bible in Basic English
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.
Darby Translation
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!
Julia Smith Translation
Happy thou, O land: thy king the son of nobles, and thy chiefs shall eat in time, in strength and not in drinking.
King James 2000
Blessed are you, O land, when your king is the son of nobles, and your princes feast at the proper time, for strength, and not for drunkenness!
Lexham Expanded Bible
Blessed are you, O land, when your king is a son of nobility and your princes feast at the proper time-- to gain strength and not to get drunk.
Modern King James verseion
Blessed are you, O land, when your king is the son of nobles, and your leaders eat in due time, for strength, and not for drunkenness!
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
But well is thee, O thou realm and land, whose king is come of nobles, and whose princes eat in due season, for strength and not for lust.
NET Bible
Blessed are you, O land, when your king is the son of nobility, and your princes feast at the proper time -- with self-control and not in drunkenness.
New Heart English Bible
Blessed are you, land, when your king is the son of nobles, and your princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness.
The Emphasized Bible
How happy art thou, O land, when thy king is a son of nobles, - and, thy rulers, in season, do eat, for strength, and not for debauchery.
Webster
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!
World English Bible
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!
Youngs Literal Translation
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.
Themes
the Diet of the jews » Was taken » In the morning, sparingly
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Ecclesiastes 10:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Burden Of Folly
16 Woe to the land whose king is a youth and whose princes feast in the morning. 17 That land is blessed whose king is of noble birth, whose princes feast at the right time, for strength, and not to become drunk. 18 Through slothfulness the roof deteriorates, and a house leaks because of idleness.
Phrases
Cross References
Deuteronomy 14:26
You may spend the money to your heart's content to buy livestock, flocks, wine, strong drink, and whatever you desire. You and your household may eat there and rejoice in the presence of the LORD your God."
Proverbs 28:2-3
When a land transgresses, it gains a succession of leaders, but with an understanding and knowledgeable man, its stability endures.
Proverbs 31:4-5
It is not for kings, Lemuel Not for kings to drink wine or for rulers to desire liquor.
Ecclesiastes 10:6-7
Foolishness is given great honor, while the prosperous sit in lowly places.
Isaiah 5:11
"How terrible it will be for those who rise at dawn in order to grab a stiff drink, for those who stay up late at night as wine inflames them!
Jeremiah 30:21
Their leader will be one of their own, and their ruler will come from among them. I'll bring him near, and he will approach me, for who would otherwise dare to approach me?' declares the LORD.