Ecclesiastes 10:15-17

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹⁵The toil of fools wears them out,
for they do not even know the way to town.

¹⁶Alas for you, O land, when your king is a servant,^[a]
    and your princes feast in the morning!
¹⁷Happy are you, O land, when your king is a nobleman,
    and your princes feast at the proper time—
    for strength, and not for drunkenness!

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Ecclesiastes 10:16 Or a child

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