Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
and your princes feast in the morning.
New American Standard Bible
Woe to you, O land, whose
King James Version
Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
International Standard Version
Woe to the land whose king is a youth and whose princes feast in the morning.
A Conservative Version
Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy rulers feast in the morning!
American Standard Version
Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
Amplified
Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child and when your [incompetent] officials and princes feast in the morning.
Bible in Basic English
Unhappy is the land whose king is a boy, and whose rulers are feasting in the morning.
Darby Translation
Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
Julia Smith Translation
Wo! to thee, O land: thy king a youth, and thy chiefs will eat in the morning.
King James 2000
Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child, and your princes feast in the morning!
Lexham Expanded Bible
Woe to you, O land, when your king is a youth and your princes feast in the morning.
Modern King James verseion
Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child and your leaders eat in the morning.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Woe be unto thee, O thou realm and land, whose king is but a child, and whose princes are early at their banquets.
NET Bible
Woe to you, O land, when your king is childish, and your princes feast in the morning!
New Heart English Bible
Woe to you, land, when your king is a child, and your princes eat in the morning.
The Emphasized Bible
Alas! for thee, O land, when thy king is a boy, - and, thy rulers, in the morning, do eat:
Webster
Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
World English Bible
Woe to you, land, when your king is a child, and your princes eat in the morning!
Youngs Literal Translation
Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a youth, And thy princes do eat in the morning.
Themes
the Diet of the jews » Was taken » In the morning, sparingly
Gluttony » Of princes, ruinous to their people
Topics
Interlinear
'erets
Sar
References
Smith
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ecclesiastes 10:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Burden Of Folly
15
for they don’t know how to go to the city.
and your princes feast in the morning.
and your princes feast at the proper time—
for strength and not for drunkenness.
Phrases
Cross References
Isaiah 3:12
and women rule over them.
My people, your leaders mislead you;
they confuse the direction of your paths.
2 Chronicles 13:7
Then worthless and wicked men gathered around him to resist Rehoboam son of Solomon when Rehoboam was young, inexperienced, and unable to assert himself against them.
Isaiah 3:4-5
and the unstable
2 Chronicles 33:1-20
Manasseh was 12 years old
2 Chronicles 36:2
Jehoahaz
2 Chronicles 36:5
Jehoiakim was 25 years old when he became king and reigned 11 years in Jerusalem. He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord his God.
2 Chronicles 36:9
Jehoiachin was 18
2 Chronicles 36:11
Zedekiah was 21 years old
Proverbs 20:1-2
and whoever staggers because of them is not wise.
Isaiah 5:11-12
in pursuit of beer,
who linger into the evening,
inflamed by wine.
Isaiah 28:7-8
and stumble under the influence of beer:
priest and prophet stagger because of beer,
they are confused by wine.
They stumble because of beer,
they are muddled in their visions,
they stumble in their judgments.
Jeremiah 21:12
House of David, this is what the Lord says:
and rescue the victim of robbery
from the hand of his oppressor,
or My anger will flare up like fire
and burn unquenchably
because of their evil deeds.
Hosea 7:5-7
the princes are sick with the heat of wine
there is a conspiracy with traitors.