Ecclesiastes 10:17 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁷Blessed 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!

Ecclesiastes 10:17 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 31:4-5
It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink: …
Isaiah 5:11
Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!
Deuteronomy 14:26
And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the LORD thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household,
Proverbs 28:2-3
For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged. …
Ecclesiastes 10:6-7
Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place. …

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 16-20)

Solomon here observes, I. How much the happiness of a land depends upon the character of its rulers; it is well or ill with the people according as the princes are good or bad. 1. The people cannot be happy when their princes are childish and voluptuous (Eccl. 10:16): Woe unto thee, O land! even the land of Canaan itself, though otherwise the glory of all lands, when thy king is a child, not so mu…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 17)

17. son of nobles--not merely in blood, but in virtue, the true nobility (So 7:1; Is 32:5, 8). in due season--(Ec 3:1), not until duty has first been attended to. for strength--to refresh the body, not for revelry (included in “drunkenness”).