King James Version

Ecclesiastes 10:16

Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!

Study

Hebrew

Tap a word to see its meaning. Words run left to right in English reading order.

אִֽיiwoeאִיparticle, interjection — “woe”H337alas!woe.לָ֣ךְlakhetoלָ֣ךְpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “to”toאֶ֔רֶץeretsearthאֶרֶץnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.שֶׁמַּלְכֵּ֖ךְshemalkekhewho kingמֶלֶךְparticle, relative, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “who king”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4428a kingking, royal.נָ֑עַרnaarboyנַעַרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “boy”, the ordinary formH5288(concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latitude in age)babe, boy, child, damsel (from the margin), lad, servant, young (man).וְשָׂרַ֖יִךְvesarayikhand captainשַׂרconjunction, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “and captain”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8269a head person (of any rank or class)captain (that had rule), chief (captain), general, governor, keeper, lord,(-task-)master, prince(-ipal), ruler, steward.בַּבֹּ֥קֶרbaboqerin dayבֹּקֶרpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in day”, the ordinary formH1242properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning([phrase]) day, early, morning, morrow.יֹאכֵֽלוּyokhelveatאָכַלverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “eat”, an unfinished actionH398to eat (literally or figuratively)[idiom] at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, [idiom] freely, [idiom] in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, [idiom] quite.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a boy, and thy princes feast in the morning!

Compare Public-Domain Translations

The King James Version remains the text of this page and the canonical URL.

American Standard Version (1901)

Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!

Young’s Literal Translation

Woe to thee, O land, when thy king [is] a youth, And thy princes do eat in the morning.

World English Bible

Woe to you, land, when your king is a child, and your princes eat in the morning!

Darby Translation

Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!

Douay-Rheims

Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and when the princes eat in the morning.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a boy, and thy princes feast in the morning!

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Woe to thee, O city, whose king is young, and thy princes eat in the morning!

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Οὐαί σοι πόλις ἧς ὁ βασιλεύς σου νεώτερος, καὶ οἱ ἄρχοντές σου πρωῒ ἐσθίουσι.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Analytics Cookies