Ecclesiastes 8:2

I [counsel]: keep the command of a king, even for the sake of an oath [to] God.

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

I counsel thee to keep the king’s commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God.

In Context

1Who [is] as the wise? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? The wisdom of man causes his face to shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.

3Do not be troubled at his presence, you may go, do not stand in an evil thing, for all that he pleases he does.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 14:26and the people come into the forest, and behold, the honey dropped, and none is moving his hand to his mouth, for the people feared the oath.

1 Kings 2:43And why have you not kept the oath of YHWH, and the charge that I charged on you?”

Proverbs 24:21Fear YHWH, my son, and the king, || Do not mix yourself up with changers,

Romans 13:1Let every soul be subject to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and the authorities existing are appointed by God,

1 Peter 2:13Be subject, then, to every human creation, because of the LORD, whether to a king, as the highest,

Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 8:2-6

The Excellence of Wisdom; The Duty of Subjects. 1 Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed. 2 I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God. 3 Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him. 4 Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou? 5 Whoso keepeth the… Read the whole commentary →

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