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Ecclesiastes 10:15-17
Common English Bible

15 The hard work of fools tires them out
    because they don’t even know the way to town!
16 Too bad for you, land,
    whose king is a boy
    and whose princes feast in the morning.
17 Happy is the land
    whose king is dignified
    and whose princes feast at the right time for energy,
        not for drunkenness.

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Ecclesiastes 10:15-17
New International Version

15 The toil of fools wearies them;
    they do not know the way to town.

16 Woe to the land whose king was a servant[a](A)
    and whose princes feast in the morning.
17 Blessed is the land whose king is of noble birth
    and whose princes eat at a proper time—
    for strength and not for drunkenness.(B)

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  1. Ecclesiastes 10:16 Or king is a child
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