Ecclesiastes 10:16
Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is lowminded, and when thy princes eat in the morning!
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
In Context
15The toil of the foolish will weary every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.—
Cross References
1 Kings 12:11And now, if my father hath burdened you with a heavy yoke, I will even add to your yoke; if my father hath chastised you with whips, then will I chastise you with scorpion-thorns.
2 Chronicles 33:1Twelve years old was Manasseh when he became king, and fifty and five years did he reign in Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 36:5Twenty and five years old was Jehoyakim when he became king, and eleven years did he reign in Jerusalem: and he did what is evil in the eyes of the Lord his God.
2 Chronicles 36:11Twenty and one years old was Zedekiah when he became king, and eleven years did he reign in Jerusalem.
Isaiah 3:4And I will set up boys as their princes, and children shall rule over them.
Isaiah 5:11Woe unto those that rise up early in the morning, that they may run after strong drink; that continue until late in the twilight, till wine inflame them!
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 10:13-16
The Contemptibleness of Folly. 12 The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself. 13 The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness. 14 A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him? 15 The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city. Solomon, having shown the benefit of wisdom, and of what great… Read the whole commentary →