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Douay-Rheims
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Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and when the princes eat in the morning.
King James
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Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
Louis Second
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Malheur à toi, pays dont le roi est un enfant, et dont les princes mangent dès le matin
Martin Luther
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Wehe dir, Land, des König ein Kind ist und des Fürsten frühe essen!
Vulgate
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vae tibi terra cuius rex est puer et cuius principes mane comedunt

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary


vae : (interj.), woe, alas, woe to.
tibi : (dat.) you /i can't give YOU anything but love, baby.
terra : earth, ground, land, country, soil.
cuius : (masc. sing. gen.) (the saint) WHOSE virtues were many.
cuius : (fem. sing. gen.) (the queen), the vices OF WHOM were many.
cuius : (neut. sing. gen) (the building) the size OF WHICH was great.
puer : boy.
mane : morning, early in the morning, early.