Ecclesiastes 10:17 - Easy To Read Version

¹⁷ But it is very good for a country if the king comes from a good family. {\cf2\super [40]} And it is very good for a country if the rulers control their eating and drinking. Those rulers eat and drink to become strong, not to become drunk.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ Happy (fortunate and to be envied) are you, O land, when your king is a free man and of noble birth and character and when your officials feast at the proper time–for strength and not for drunkenness! [Isa. 32:8.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ Happy art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!

Common English Bible

¹⁷ Happy is the land whose king is dignified and whose princes feast at the right time for energy, not for drunkenness.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ Blessed is the land whose king is noble, and whose princes eat at the proper time, for refreshment and not for self-indulgence.

Ecclesiastes 10:17 Referencias Cruzadas

Jeremiah 30:21

One of their own people will lead them.\par That ruler will come from my people.\par People can come close to me\par only if I ask them to.\par So I will ask that leader to come to me,\par and he will be close to me.\par

Isaiah 5:11

You people rise early in the morning and go looking for beer to drink. You stay awake late at night, becoming drunk with wine.

Deuteronomy 14:26

Use the money to buy anything you want—cows, sheep, wine or beer or any other food. Then you and your family should eat and enjoy yourselves there in that place with the Lord your God.