Ecclesiastes 8:4
even as a king having power: and who will say to him, What do you?
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?
In Context
Cross References
2 Samuel 24:4Nevertheless the word of the king prevailed against Joab and the captains of the host: And Joab and the captains of the host went out before the king to number the people of Israel.
1 Kings 2:25So king Solomon sent by the hand of Banaeas the son of Jodae, and he killed him, and Adonias died in that day.
Job 9:12If he would take away, who shall turn him back? or who shall say to him, What have you done?
Job 34:18He is ungodly that says to a king, You are a transgressor, that says to princes, O most ungodly one.
Proverbs 20:2The threat of a king differs not from the rage of a lion; and he that provokes him sins against his own soul.
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 →