Ecclesiastes 10:17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁷ Happy are you, O land, when your king is a nobleman, and your princes feast at the proper time— for strength and not for drunkenness!

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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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ Blessed is the land, whose king is noble, and whose princes eat in due season for refreshment, and not for riotousness.

Ecclesiastes 10:17 Cross References

Isaiah 5:11

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

Jeremiah 30:21

Their prince shall be one of their own; their ruler shall come from their midst; I will bring him near, and he shall approach me, for who would otherwise dare to approach me? says the Lord.

Deuteronomy 14:26

spend the money for whatever you wish: oxen, sheep, wine, strong drink, or whatever you desire. And you shall eat there in the presence of the Lord your God, you and your household rejoicing together.