Ecclesiastes 10:16 (WEB)
Woe to you, land, when your king is a child, and your princes eat in the morning!
Fathers and councils · 3
Basil the Great
“This however is only in accordance with the wisdom of the Preacher, “Woe to thee O land when thy King is a child;” (a still further touch of trouble) and whose “Princes” do not “eat” after night but revel at mid-day, raging after other men’s wives with less understanding than brute beasts.” — editor's note: Eccles. x. 16.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“Woe to thee, O city, whose king is a child, says Solomon.” — editor's note: Eccles. x. 16.
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Augustine of Hippo
“Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in season, in fortitude, and not in confusion!”” — editor's note: Eccles. x. 16, 17.
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