Ecclesiastes 10:16

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The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.	Woe to thee, O land, when thy king [is] a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!	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!

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Woe^H337 to thee, O land^H776, when thy king^H4428 is a child^H5288, and thy princes^H8269 eat^H398 in the morning^H1242!

Original Hebrew

אִי־לָךְ אֶרֶץ שֶׁמַּלְכֵּךְ נָעַר וְשָׂרַיִךְ בַּבֹּקֶר יֹאכֵלוּ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
אִֽי	'i-	H337	HTj	woe!
לָ֣/ךְ	la/kh		HR/Sp2fs	to (the)/ you
אֶ֔רֶץ	'E.retz	H776	HNcbsa	O land
שֶׁ/מַּלְכֵּ֖/ךְ	she./mal.Ke/kh	H4428	HTr/Ncmsc/Sp2fs	that/ king/ your
נָ֑עַר	Na.'ar	H5288	HNcmsa	(is) a youth
וְ/שָׂרַ֖יִ/ךְ	ve./sa.Ra.yi/kh	H8269	HC/Ncmpc/Sp2fs	and/ princes/ your
בַּ/בֹּ֥קֶר	ba./Bo.ker	H1242	HRd/Ncmsa	in the/ morning
יֹאכֵֽלוּ	yo.Khe.lu	H398	HVqi3mp	they eat

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H337 — אִי (ʼîy, ee): short from אוֹי; alas!; woe.
H398 — אָכַל (ʼâkal, aw-kal'): a primitive root; to 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.
H776 — אֶרֶץ (ʼerets, eh'-rets): from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land); [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.
H1242 — בֹּקֶר (bôqer, bo'-ker): from בָּקַר; properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning; ([phrase]) day, early, morning, morrow.
H4428 — מֶלֶךְ (melek, meh'-lek): from מָלַךְ; a king; king, royal.
H5288 — נַעַר (naʻar, nah'-ar): from נָעַר; (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).
H8269 — שַׂר (sar, sar): from שָׂרַר; a head person (of any rank or class); captain (that had rule), chief (captain), general, governor, keeper, lord,(-task-)master, prince(-ipal), ruler, steward.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

and — Proverbs 20:1-2, Isaiah 5:11-12, Isaiah 28:7-8, Hosea 7:5-7
in the — Jeremiah 21:12
when — 2 Chronicles 13:7, 2 Chronicles 33:1-20, 2 Chronicles 36:2, 2 Chronicles 36:5, 2 Chronicles 36:9, 2 Chronicles 36:11, Isaiah 3:4-5, Isaiah 3:12

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