ecclesiastes 10:16 Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!

ecclesiastes 10:16 Woe to you, O land, whose king is a lad and whose princes feast in the morning.

16. a child--given to pleasures; behaves with childish levity. Not in years; for a nation may be happy under a young prince, as Josiah.
eat in the morning--the usual time for dispensing justice in the East (Jer 21:12); here, given to feasting (Isa 5:11; Ac 2:15).

ecclesiastes 10:16 Woe to you, O land, whose king is a lad and whose princes feast in the morning.

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