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Ecclesiastes 10:17-19
The Message
Ecclesiastes 10:17-19
The Message
16-17 Unlucky the land whose king is a young pup,
And whose princes party all night.
Lucky the land whose king is mature,
Where the princes behave themselves
And don’t drink themselves silly.
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18 A shiftless man lives in a tumbledown shack;
A lazy woman ends up with a leaky roof.
19 Laughter and bread go together,
And wine gives sparkle to life—
But it’s money that makes the world go around.
The Message (MSG)
Copyright © 1993, 2002, 2018 by Eugene H. Peterson
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