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15 The labor 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 young man and whose princes [b]eat in the morning. 17 Blessed are you, O land, whose king is of nobility and whose princes eat at the appropriate time—for might and not for (B)drinking.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 10:15 Lit fools
  2. Ecclesiastes 10:16 Or feast

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