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Ecclesiastes 10:16-18
Evangelical Heritage Version
Ecclesiastes 10:16-18
Evangelical Heritage Version
16 How unfortunate you are, O land, when your king once was a servant,[a] and your officials overeat in the morning. 17 How blessed you are, O land, when your king is a son of nobles, and your officials eat at the right time—to get stronger, not to get drunk.
18 Because of laziness, roof beams sag. Because of idle hands, the house leaks.
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- Ecclesiastes 10:16 Or is a boy
Ecclesiastes 10:16-18
New International Version
Ecclesiastes 10:16-18
New International Version
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)
18 Through laziness, the rafters sag;
because of idle hands, the house leaks.(C)
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- Ecclesiastes 10:16 Or king is a child
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