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Ecclesiastes 10:16
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Woe to you, land, when your king is a youthand your princes feast in the morning.
Woe to you, land, when your king is a child, And your princes eat in the morning!
Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child, and your princes feast in the morning!
Woe to you, land whose king is a boy, and whose princes feast in the morning.
How terrible it is for a country whose king is a child and whose leaders eat all morning.
Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child and when your [incompetent] officials and princes feast in the morning.
Woe to you, land, when your king is a child, And your princes eat in the morning!
Woe to thee, O lande, when thy King is a childe, and thy princes eate in the morning.
Woe to you, O land, whose king is a young man and whose princes eat in the morning.
Woe to you, O land whose king is a youth, and whose princes feast in the morning.
A country is in for trouble when its ruler is childish, and its leaders party all day long.
Woe to you, land, when your king is a child, and your leaders start their parties in the morning!
Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
It is very bad for a country if the king is like a child. And it is very bad for a country if its rulers use all their time eating.
Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child, and your princes eat in the morning!
A country is in trouble when its king is a youth and its leaders feast all night long.
Woe to you, O land, when your king is a youth and your princes feast in the morning.
Woe to you, O land, when your king is a boy, and your leaders eat in the morning.
Wo be vnto the (O thou realme and londe) whose kynge is but a childe, and whose prynces are early at their banckettes.
Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
Unhappy is the land whose king is a boy, and whose rulers are feasting in the morning.
Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a boy, and thy princes feast in the morning!
Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eate in the morning.
Wo be vnto thee O thou lande, whose kyng is but a chylde, and whose princes are early at their bankettes.
Woe to thee, O city, whose king is young, and thy princes eat in the morning!
Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
Lond, wo to thee, whos kyng is a child, and whose princes eten eerli.
Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child, and your princes eat in the morning!
Woe to thee, O land, when thy king [is] a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
Woe to you, O land, when your king is childish, and your princes feast in the morning!
Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child, And your princes feast in the morning!
What sorrow for the land ruled by a servant, the land whose leaders feast in the morning.
It is bad for you, O land, when your king is a child and your princes eat too much in the morning.
Alas for you, O land, when your king is a servant, and your princes feast in the morning!
Alas! for thee, O land, when thy king is a boy, - and, thy rulers, in the morning, do eat:
Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and when the princes eat in the morning.
Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child, and your princes feast in the morning!
Wo to thee, O land, when thy king [is] a youth, And thy princes do eat in the morning.
Woe to you, O land, whose king is a lad and whose princes feast in the morning.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
when: 2 Chronicles 13:7, 2 Chronicles 33:1-20, 2 Chronicles 36:2, 2 Chronicles 36:5, 2 Chronicles 36:9, 2 Chronicles 36:11, Isaiah 3:4, Isaiah 3:5, Isaiah 3:12
and: Proverbs 20:1, Proverbs 20:2, Isaiah 5:11, Isaiah 5:12, Isaiah 28:7, Isaiah 28:8, Hosea 7:5-7
in the: Jeremiah 21:12
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 3:7 - a little 1 Kings 20:16 - Benhadad 2 Kings 22:1 - eight years old 2 Chronicles 10:8 - he forsook 2 Chronicles 10:14 - My father Proverbs 28:12 - but Isaiah 34:12 - call Jeremiah 52:3 - through Acts 24:25 - temperance
Cross-References
But the people of Benjamin couldn't get rid of the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. Benjaminites and Jebusites live side by side in Jerusalem to this day.
That same day Gad came to David and said, "Go and build an altar on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite." David did what Gad told him, what God commanded.
The Whole World Has Its Eyes on God War Bulletin: God 's Message challenges the country of Hadrach. It will settle on Damascus. The whole world has its eyes on God . Israel isn't the only one. That includes Hamath at the border, and Tyre and Sidon, clever as they think they are. Tyre has put together quite a kingdom for herself; she has stacked up silver like cordwood, piled gold high as haystacks. But God will certainly bankrupt her; he will dump all that wealth into the ocean and burn up what's left in a big fire. Ashkelon will see it and panic, Gaza will wring its hands, Ekron will face a dead end. Gaza's king will die. Ashkelon will be emptied out, And a villain will take over in Ashdod. "I'll take proud Philistia down a peg: I'll make him spit out his bloody booty and abandon his vile ways." What's left will be all God's—a core of survivors, a family brought together in Judah— But enemies like Ekron will go the way of the Jebusites, into the dustbin of history. "I will set up camp in my home country and defend it against invaders. Nobody is going to hurt my people ever again. I'm keeping my eye on them. "Shout and cheer, Daughter Zion! Raise the roof, Daughter Jerusalem! Your king is coming! a good king who makes all things right, a humble king riding a donkey, a mere colt of a donkey. I've had it with war—no more chariots in Ephraim, no more war horses in Jerusalem, no more swords and spears, bows and arrows. He will offer peace to the nations, a peaceful rule worldwide, from the four winds to the seven seas. "And you, because of my blood covenant with you, I'll release your prisoners from their hopeless cells. Come home, hope-filled prisoners! This very day I'm declaring a double bonus— everything you lost returned twice-over! Judah is now my weapon, the bow I'll pull, setting Ephraim as an arrow to the string. I'll wake up your sons, O Zion, to counter your sons, O Greece. From now on people are my swords." Then God will come into view, his arrows flashing like lightning! Master God will blast his trumpet and set out in a whirlwind. God -of-the-Angel-Armies will protect them— all-out war, The war to end all wars, no holds barred. Their God will save the day. He'll rescue them. They'll become like sheep, gentle and soft, Or like gemstones in a crown, catching all the colors of the sun. Then how they'll shine! shimmer! glow! the young men robust, the young women lovely!
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Woe to thee, O land, when thy king [is] a child,.... Not so much in age; though it is sometimes an unhappiness to a nation to be governed by a minor, especially if the young king has not good tutors, guardians, ministers, and counsellors, about him; but, if otherwise, a nation may be very happy under a minority, or the government of a young prince; such were Solomon, Joash, Uzziah, Josiah, and our Edward VI: but it rather respects one that is a child in understanding and judgment, in manners and conduct; that minds his pleasures, as children their play; is fickle and changeable, passionate and self-willed, unskilful in government, and yet will not be advised. The Targum applies this to the land of Israel, and instances in wicked Jeroboam, who made the morning sacrifice to cease; see Isaiah 3:12. From considering the bad effects of folly in men in general, in private persons and in subjects, the wise man proceeds to observe the ill consequences of it to a nation, in kings and princes, in civil magistrates: Jerom or Bede interprets this allegorically: Woe to the land whose king is the devil, who is always desirous of new things, 2 Corinthians 4:4;
and thy princes eat in the morning; as soon as they are up, children like; and not only eat, which may be convenient and lawful to do; but eat to excess, in a riotous and intemperate manner, and so unfit themselves for any service all the day: the "morning" is particularly observed, because the fittest time for consultation about the affairs of government; and was the usual time of sitting in judgment and trying causes, Jeremiah 21:12; and also for acts of religion and devotion. And so the Targum,
"and thy princes eat bread before they offer the daily morning sacrifice.''
Sad is the case of a nation, when not only their king is a minor, or a foolish one; but when his tutors and guardians, or his ministers of state and counsellors, give up themselves to sensual pleasures, and neglect public affairs; and, instead of being in the council chamber, or in a court of judicature, or at their early devotions, are indulging themselves in riotous eating and drinking.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Foolish rulers, by their weakness, self-indulgence and sloth, bring decay upon the state: nobleness and temperance insure prosperity: yet the subject must not rebel in word or thought against his king.
Ecclesiastes 10:16
A child - Rather, young. The word is applied to Rehoboam 2 Chronicles 13:7 at the time of his accession to the throne, when he was 41 years old.
Eat in the morning - A sign of intemperance (compare Isaiah 5:11).
Ecclesiastes 10:17
Son of nobles - i. e., of a noble disposition.
Ecclesiastes 10:18
The “building” or “house” represents the state. Compare Isaiah 3:6; Amos 9:10.
Droppeth through - i. e., Lets the rain through the roof.
Ecclesiastes 10:19
literally, For merriment they make a feast (bread), and wine gladdens the living, and money supplies all things.
Ecclesiastes 10:20
Curse - Compare Ecclesiastes 7:21-22.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 16. Wo to thee, O land, when thy king is a child — Minorities are, in general, very prejudicial to a state. Regents either disagree, and foment civil wars; or oppress the people. Various discordant interests are raised up in a state during a minority; and the young king, having been under the tutelage of interested men, acts partially and injuriously to the interests of the people when he comes to the throne; and this produces popular discontent, and a troubled reign.
Thy princes eat in the morning! — They do nothing in order; turn night into day, and day into night; sleep when they should wake, and wake when they should sleep; attending more to chamberings and banquetings, than to the concerns of the state.
