Ecclesiastes 10:16 “Woe to you, O land whose king is a youth, and whose princes feast in t…”

Ecclesiastes 10:16

Woe to you, O land whose king is a youth, and whose princes feast in the morning.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!

World English Bible

Woe to you, land, when your king is a child, and your princes eat in the morning!

American Standard Version

Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!

Geneva Bible 1599

Woe to thee, O lande, when thy King is a childe, and thy princes eate in the morning.

Darby Translation

Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!

Young's Literal Translation

Woe to thee, O land, when thy king [is] a youth, And thy princes do eat in the morning.

Bible in Basic English

Unhappy is the land whose king is a boy, and whose rulers are feasting in the morning.

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Cross references

“when”

Isaiah 3:12 2 Chronicles 13:7 2 Chronicles 36:2 2 Chronicles 36:5 2 Chronicles 36:9 2 Chronicles 36:11

Isaiah 3:12 · BSB

Youths oppress My people, and women rule over them. O My people, your guides mislead you; they turn you from your paths.

2 Chronicles 13:7 · BSB

Then worthless and wicked men gathered around him to resist Rehoboam son of Solomon when he was young, inexperienced, and unable to resist them.

2 Chronicles 36:2 · BSB

Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months.

2 Chronicles 36:5 · BSB

Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD his God.

2 Chronicles 36:9 · BSB

Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months and ten days. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD.

2 Chronicles 36:11 · BSB

Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years.

“and”

Hosea 7:5–7 Proverbs 20:1 Proverbs 20:2 Isaiah 5:11 Isaiah 5:12 Isaiah 28:7

Hosea 7:5–7 · BSB

The princes are inflamed with wine on the day of our king; so he joins hands with those who mock him.

Proverbs 20:1 · BSB

Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by them is not wise.

Proverbs 20:2 · BSB

The terror of a king is like the roar of a lion; whoever provokes him forfeits his own life.

Isaiah 5:11 · BSB

Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine.

Isaiah 5:12 · BSB

At their feasts are the lyre and harp, tambourines and flutes and wine. They disregard the actions of the LORD and fail to see the work of His hands.

Isaiah 28:7 · BSB

These also stagger from wine and stumble from strong drink: Priests and prophets reel from strong drink and are befuddled by wine. They stumble because of strong drink, muddled in their visions and stumbling in their jud…

“in the”

Jeremiah 21:12

Jeremiah 21:12 · BSB

O house of David, this is what the LORD says: ‘Administer justice every morning, and rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor, or My wrath will go forth like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

15The toil of a fool wearies him, for he does not know the way to the city.

17Blessed are you, O land whose king is a son of nobles, and whose princes feast at the proper time— for strength and not for drunkenness.

Read Ecclesiastes 10