Ecc 10:16, Isa 5:11, 1Th 5:17 | JFB | e4.org | 16. a child —given to pleasures; behaves with childish levity. Not in years; for a nation may be happy under a young prince, as Josiah. eat in the morning —the usual time for dispensing justice in the East ( ); here, given to feasting ( ).

‏ Ecclesiastes 10:16

16. a child—given to pleasures; behaves with childish levity. Not in years; for a nation may be happy under a young prince, as Josiah.

eat in the morning—the usual time for dispensing justice in the East (Jer 21:12); here, given to feasting (Isa 5:11; Ac 2:15).

11. Second Woe—against intemperance.

early—when it was regarded especially shameful to drink (Ac 2:15; 1Th 5:7). Banquets for revelry began earlier than usual (Ec 10:16, 17).

strong drink—Hebrew, sichar, implying intoxication.

continue—drinking all day till evening.

17. The Greek is, "Pray without intermission"; without allowing prayerless gaps to intervene between the times of prayer.