Revised Version 1885

Ecclesiastes 10:14-20 Revised Version 1885 (RV1885)

14. A fool also multiplieth words: yet man knoweth not what shall be; and that which shall be after him, who can tell him?

15. The labour of fools wearieth every one of them, for he knoweth not how to go to the city.

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

17. Happy 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!

18. By slothfulness the roof sinketh in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaketh.

19. A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh glad the life: and money answereth all things.

20. Curse not the king, no, not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.