World English Bible
Ecclesiastes 10:17
“Happy are you, land, when your king is the son of nobles, and your princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!”
Verse in context — Ecclesiastes 10
15
The labor of fools wearies every one of them; for he doesn't know how to go to the city.
16
Woe to you, land, when your king is a child, and your princes eat in the morning!
17
Happy are you, land, when your king is the son of nobles, and your princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!
18
By slothfulness the roof sinks in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaks.
19
A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes the life glad; and money is the answer for all things.
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