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OET-LV Woe to/for_you(fs) Oh_land when_king_your [is]_a_youth and_princes_your in/on/at/with_morning they_eat.
UHB אִֽי־לָ֣ךְ אֶ֔רֶץ שֶׁמַּלְכֵּ֖ךְ נָ֑עַר וְשָׂרַ֖יִךְ בַּבֹּ֥קֶר יֹאכֵֽלוּ׃ ‡
(ʼiy-lāk ʼereʦ shemmalⱪēk nāˊar vəsārayik baboqer yoʼkēlū.)
Key: yellow:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT Woe to you, land, that your king is a youth
⇔ and your princes will eat in the morning.
UST Terrible things will happen to the people of a nation whose ruler is a foolish young person,
⇔ whose leaders continually eat, all during the day, every day.
BSB ⇔ Woe to you, O land whose king is a youth,[fn]
⇔ and whose princes feast in the morning.
10:16 Or a servant
OEB Alas for thee, land! when thy king is a youth,
⇔ And thy princes feast in the early morning;
WEB Woe to you, land, when your king is a child,
⇔ and your princes eat in the morning!
NET Woe to you, O land, when your king is childish,
⇔ and your princes feast in the morning!
LSV Woe to you, O land, when your king [is] a youth,
And your princes eat in the morning.
FBV You're in trouble if the king of your country is young, and if your leaders are busy feasting from early morning.
T4T ⇔ Terrible things will happen to the people of a nation whose ruler is a foolish young man,
⇔ and whose other leaders continually eat, all day long, every day.
LEB • and your princes feast in the morning.
BBE Unhappy is the land whose king is a boy, and whose rulers are feasting in the morning.
MOF No MOF ECC book available
JPS Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a boy, and thy princes feast in the morning!
ASV Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
DRA Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and when the princes eat in the morning.
YLT Woe to thee, O land, when thy king [is] a youth, And thy princes do eat in the morning.
DBY Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
RV Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
WBS Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
KJB ¶ Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
(¶ Woe to thee, O land, when thy/your king is a child, and thy/your princes eat in the morning! )
BB Wo be vnto thee O thou lande, whose kyng is but a chylde, and whose princes are early at their bankettes.
(Woe be unto thee O thou/you land, whose king is but a child, and whose princes are early at their bankettes.)
GNV Woe to thee, O lande, when thy King is a childe, and thy princes eate in the morning.
(Woe to thee, O land, when thy/your King is a child, and thy/your princes eat in the morning. )
CB Wo be vnto the (O thou realme and londe) whose kynge is but a childe, and whose prynces are early at their banckettes.
(Woe be unto the (O thou/you realm and londe) whose king is but a child, and whose princes are early at their banckettes.)
WYC Lond, wo to thee, whos kyng is a child, and whose princes eten eerli.
(Lond, woe to thee, whos king is a child, and whose princes eten early.)
LUT Wehe dir, Land, des König ein Kind ist und des Fürsten frühe essen!
(Wehe dir, Land, the king a Kind is and the Fürsten frühe eat!)
CLV [Væ tibi, terra, cujus rex puer est, et cujus principes mane comedunt.
([Alas tibi, terra, cuyus rex puer it_is, and cuyus principes mane comedunt. )
BRN Woe to thee, O city, whose king is young, and thy princes eat in the morning!
BrLXX Οὐαί σοι πόλις ἧς ὁ βασιλεύς σου νεώτερος, καὶ οἱ ἄρχοντές σου πρωῒ ἐσθίουσι.
(Ouai soi polis haʸs ho basileus sou neōteros, kai hoi arⱪontes sou prōi esthiousi. )
10:15-20 The audience for this speech might have been an assembly of government workers. How should one rule when power and wealth invite a lack of accountability?
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / apostrophe
(Occurrence 0) Woe to you, land
(Some words not found in UHB: woe to/for=you(fs) earth/land when,king,your youth and,princes,your in/on/at/with,morning feast )
The writer is speaking to the people of the nation as if they were the land itself, and he is speaking to the land as if it were a person. (See also: figs-personification)
(Occurrence 0) if your king is a young boy
(Some words not found in UHB: woe to/for=you(fs) earth/land when,king,your youth and,princes,your in/on/at/with,morning feast )
This means that the king is inexperienced or immature.
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
(Occurrence 0) begin feasting in the morning
(Some words not found in UHB: woe to/for=you(fs) earth/land when,king,your youth and,princes,your in/on/at/with,morning feast )
This implies that the leaders are more concerned with having a good time than with leading the nation.