Ecclesiastes 10:17 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

¹⁷ He that observeth the wind, shall not sow: and he that considereth the clouds, shall never reap.

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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 Cross References

Isaiah 5:11

9 That say: Let him make haste, and let his work come quickly, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel come, that we may know it.

Jeremiah 30:21

Thou shalt yet plant vineyards in the mountains of Samaria: the planters shall plant, and they shall not gather the vintage before the time.

Deuteronomy 14:26

Which shall be celebrated in this order. He to whom any thing is owing from his friend or neighbour or brother, cannot demand it again, because it is the year of remission of the Lord,