29 (A)Who has woe?
Who has sorrow?
Who has contentions?
Who has complaints?
Who has wounds without cause?
Who (B)has redness of eyes?

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Saying 19

29 Who has woe? Who has sorrow?
    Who has strife? Who has complaints?
    Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?

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29 Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?

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30 (A)Those who linger long at the wine,
Those who go in search of (B)mixed wine.

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30 Those who linger over wine,(A)
    who go to sample bowls of mixed wine.

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30 They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.

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16 (A)Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child,
And your princes feast in the morning!

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16 Woe to the land whose king was a servant[a](A)
    and whose princes feast in the morning.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 10:16 Or king is a child

16 Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!

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17 Blessed are you, O land, when your king is the son of nobles,
And your (A)princes feast at the proper time—
For strength and not for drunkenness!

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17 Blessed is the land whose king is of noble birth
    and whose princes eat at a proper time—
    for strength and not for drunkenness.(A)

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17 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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22 Woe to men mighty at drinking wine,
Woe to men valiant for mixing intoxicating drink,

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22 Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine(A)
    and champions at mixing drinks,(B)

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22 Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:

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