Commentaries:Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Ecclesiastes 10:17
son of nobles—not merely in blood, but in virtue, the true nobility (Song of Solomon 7:1; Isaiah 32:5, Isaiah 32:8).
in due season— (Ecclesiastes 3:1), not until duty has first been attended to.
for strength—to refresh the body, not for revelry (included in "drunkenness").
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