Ecclesiastes 10:16

In 11 translations

BSB

Woe to you, O land whose king is a youth, and whose princes feast in the morning.Or a servant

KJV

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

WEB

Woe to you, land, when your king is a child, and your princes eat in the morning!

ASV

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

LSV

Woe to you, O land, when your king [is] a youth, || And your princes eat in the morning.

YLT

Woe to thee, O land, when thy king [is] a youth, And thy princes do eat in the morning.

DBY

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

DRC

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

GNV

Woe to thee, O lande, when thy King is a childe, and thy princes eate in the morning.

JPS

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

LXXE

Woe to thee, O city, whose king is young, and thy princes eat in the morning!

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Original-language editions

WLC

אִֽי־לָ֣ךְ אֶ֔רֶץ שֶׁמַּלְכֵּ֖ךְ נָ֑עַר וְשָׂרַ֖יִךְ בַּבֹּ֥קֶר יֹאכֵֽלוּ׃

LXX-Br

Οὐαί σοι πόλις ἧς ὁ βασιλεύς σου νεώτερος, καὶ οἱ ἄρχοντές σου πρωῒ ἐσθίουσι.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Isaiah 3:12Youths oppress My people, and women rule over them. O My people, your guides mislead you; they turn you from your paths.
• Isaiah 5:11–12Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine. At their feasts are the lyre and harp, tambourines and flutes and wine. They disregard the…
• Isaiah 3:4–5“I will make mere lads their leaders, and children will rule over them.” The people will oppress one another, man against man, neighbor against neighbor; the young will rise up against the old, and the base against the…
• Proverbs 20:1–2Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by them is not wise. The terror of a king is like the roar of a lion; whoever provokes him forfeits his own life.
• 2 Chronicles 13:7Then worthless and wicked men gathered around him to resist Rehoboam son of Solomon when he was young, inexperienced, and unable to resist them.
• Jeremiah 21:12O house of David, this is what the LORD says: ‘Administer justice every morning, and rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor, or My wrath will go forth like fire and burn with no one to extinguish…
• 2 Chronicles 36:9Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months and ten days. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD.
• 2 Chronicles 36:2Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months.
• Isaiah 28:7–8These also stagger from wine and stumble from strong drink: Priests and prophets reel from strong drink and are befuddled by wine. They stumble because of strong drink, muddled in their visions and stumbling in their…
• Hosea 7:5–7The princes are inflamed with wine on the day of our king; so he joins hands with those who mock him. For they prepare their heart like an oven while they lie in wait; all night their anger smolders; in the morning it…
• 2 Chronicles 36:5Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD his God.
• 2 Chronicles 36:11Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years.
• 2 Chronicles 33:1–20Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-five years. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD by following the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before…

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