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Ecclesiastes 10:17

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!

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אַשְׁרֵ֣יךְashreykhhappyאֶשֶׁרnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “happy”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH835happiness; only in masculine plural construction as interjection, how happy!blessed, happy.אֶ֔רֶץeretsearthאֶרֶץnoun, 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.בֶּןbensonבֵּןnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “son”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)[phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, […חוֹרִ֑יםchorimnobleחֹרnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “noble”, the ordinary formH2715properly, white or pure (from the cleansing or shining power of fire; hence (figuratively) noble (in rank)noble.וְשָׂרַ֨יִךְ֙vesarayikhand 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.בָּעֵ֣תbaetin whenעֵתpreposition, with the article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “in when”, the ordinary formH6256time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.[phrase] after, (al-) ways, [idiom] certain, [phrase] continually, [phrase] evening, long, (due) season, so (long) as, (even-, evening-, noon-) tide, (meal-), what) time, when.יֹאכֵ֔לוּyokhelveatאָכַלverb, 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.בִּגְבוּרָ֖הbigvurahin forceגְּבוּרָהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “in force”, the ordinary formH1369force (literally or figuratively); by implication, valor, victoryforce, mastery, might, mighty (act, power), power, strength.וְלֹ֥אveloand no , -r,לֹאconjunction, particle, negative — “and no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…בַשְּׁתִֽיvashtiin drunkennessשְׁתִיpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in drunkenness”, the ordinary formH8358intoxicaiondrunkenness.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Happy art thou, O land, when thy king is a free man, and thy princes eat in due season, in strength, and not in drunkenness!

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American Standard Version (1901)

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!

Young’s Literal Translation

Happy art thou, O land, When thy king [is] a son of freemen, And thy princes do eat in due season, For might, and not for drunkenness.

World English Bible

Happy are you, land, when your king is the son of nobles, and your princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

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

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Happy art thou, O land, when thy king is a free man, and thy princes eat in due season, in strength, and not in drunkenness!

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Blessed art thou, O land, whose king is a son of nobles, and whose princes shall eat seasonably, for strength, and shall not be ashamed.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Μακαρία σὺ γῆ, ἧς ὁ βασιλεύς σου υἱὸς ἐλευθέρων, καὶ οἱ ἄρχοντές σου πρὸς καιρὸν φάγονται ἐν δυνάμει, καὶ οὐκ αἰσχυνθήσονται.