What does Ecclesiastes 10:17 mean?
ESV: Happy are you, O land, when your king is the son of the nobility, and your princes feast at the proper time, for strength, and not for drunkenness!
NIV: Blessed is the land whose king is of noble birth and whose princes eat at a proper time-- for strength and not for drunkenness.
NASB: Blessed are you, land whose king is of nobility, and whose princes eat at the appropriate time—for strength and not for drunkenness.
CSB: Blessed are you, land, when your king is a son of nobles and your princes feast at the proper time -- for strength and not for drunkenness.
NLT: Happy is the land whose king is a noble leader and whose leaders feast at the proper time to gain strength for their work, not to get drunk.
KJV: 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!
NKJV: Blessed are you, O land, when your king is the son of nobles, And your princes feast at the proper time— For strength and not for drunkenness!
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