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Ecclesiastes 10:15-17
Contemporary English Version

15 Fools wear themselves out—
they don't know enough
    to find their way home.[a]

16 A country is in for trouble
    when its ruler is childish,
and its leaders
    party all day long.
17 But a nation will prosper
    when its ruler is mature,
and its leaders
    don't party too much.

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Footnotes

  1. 10.15 home: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 15.
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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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