Ecclesiastes 10:17 — compare English translations
Compare translationsEcclesiastes 10:17 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
אַשְׁרֵ֣יךְ
ʼesher
H835
blessed
אֶ֔רֶץ
ʼerets
H776
land
שֶׁמַּלְכֵּ֖ךְ
melek
H4428
king
בֶּן
bên
H1121
son
חוֹרִ֑ים
chôr
H2715
noble
וְשָׂרַ֨יִךְ֙
sar
H8269
prince
בָּעֵ֣ת
ʻêth
H6256
time
יֹאכֵ֔לוּ
ʼâkal
H398
to eat
בִּגְבוּרָ֖ה
gᵉbûwrâh
H1369
strength
וְלֹ֥א
lôʼ
H3808
not
בַשְּׁתִֽי
shᵉthîy
H8358
drinking
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
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!
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King James Version Public Domain
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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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Blessed are you, land, that your king a son of nobles and your princes will eat at the time with might and not with drunkenness.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).