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Ecclesiastes 10:15-17
New Century Version
Ecclesiastes 10:15-17
New Century Version
15 Work wears fools out;
they don’t even know how to get home.
The Value of Work
16 How terrible it is for a country whose king is a child
and whose leaders eat all morning.
17 How lucky a country is whose king comes from a good family,
whose leaders eat only at mealtime
and for strength, not to get drunk.
Ecclesiastes 10:15-17
New International Version
Ecclesiastes 10:15-17
New International Version
15 The toil of fools wearies them;
they do not know the way to town.
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 10:16 Or king is a child
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