Ecclesiastes 10:16

Hebrew	אִֽי לָ֣ךְ אֶ֔רֶץplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigאֶרֶץ hebrew Meaning: * Earth (e.g. Genesis 1:1) or world * Land * Countries or country The word אֶרֶץ can designate the whole of planet earth, or the inhabitable world or the national territory or ground. When coupled with heavens (שָׁמַיִם), the phrase indicates the entire created order.Genesis 12:1 שֶׁמַּלְכֵּ֖ךְ נָ֑עַר וְשָׂרַ֖יִךְ בַּבֹּ֥קֶר יֹאכֵֽלוּ
ESV	Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child, and your princes feast in the morning!
NIV	Woe to you, O land whose king was a servant and whose princes feast in the morning.
NLT	What sorrow for the land ruled by a servant, the land whose leaders feast in the morning.
LXX	οὐαί σοι πόλις ἧςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὅς, ἥ, ὅ greek Meaning: * Who * Which * What The relative pronoun that connects a relative clause to a main clause, referring back to a noun or pronoun (called the antecedent). It is distinct from ὅτι (“that,” introducing indirect speech) and from ὅς as an interrogative in older Greek (meaning ὁplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ, ἡ, τό greek Meaning: * The The definite article. Forms Singular Case Masculine Feminine Neuter Nominative ὁ ἡ τό Genitive τοῦ τῆς τοῦ Dative τῷ τῇ βασιλεύς σου νεώτερος καὶplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigκαί greek Meaning * And * Also * Both * Even * Too * So Is a conjunction that connects single words or terms or sentences. IT is most frequently translated as “and” οἱplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ, ἡ, τό greek Meaning: * The The definite article. Forms Singular Case Masculine Feminine Neuter Nominative ὁ ἡ τό Genitive τοῦ τῆς τοῦ Dative τῷ τῇ ἄρχοντές σου ἐνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigἐν greek Preposition meaning “in”. πρωίᾳ ἐσθίουσιν
KJV	Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!

^{Ecclesiastes 10:15 ← Ecclesiastes 10:16 → Ecclesiastes 10:17}

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