Ecclesiastes 8:4

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Ecclesiastes 8:4

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Berean Standard Bible

For the king’s word is supreme, and who can say to him, “What are you doing?”

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KJV

King James Version

Where the word of a king [is, there is] power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?

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WEB

World English Bible

for the king’s word is supreme. Who can say to him, “What are you doing?”

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ASV

American Standard Version

For the king’s word [hath] power; and who may say unto him, What doest thou?

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Ecclesiastes 8

² Keep the king’s command, I say, because of your oath before God.

³ Do not hasten to leave his presence, and do not persist in a bad cause, for he will do whatever he pleases.

⁴ For the king’s word is supreme, and who can say to him, “What are you doing?”

⁵ Whoever keeps his command will come to no harm, and a wise heart knows the right time and procedure.

⁶ For there is a right time and procedure to every purpose, though a man’s misery weighs heavily upon him.

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