15 The toil of [a]a fool so wearies him that he does not even know how to go to a city. 16 Woe to you, O land, whose (A)king is a lad and whose princes [b]feast in the morning. 17 Blessed are you, O land, whose king is of nobility and whose princes eat at the appropriate time—for strength and not for (B)drunkenness.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 10:15 Lit fools
  2. Ecclesiastes 10:16 Lit eat