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Ecclesiastes 8:2

Ecclesiastes chapter 8 · verse 2 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

I counsel thee, Keep the king’s command, and that in regard of the oath of God.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

I counsel thee, Keep the king’s command, and that in regard of the oath of God.

Context

v.1Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? A man’s wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.

v.2This passage

v.3Be not hasty to go out of his presence; persist not in an evil thing: for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Proverbs 24:21

    My son, fear thou Jehovah and the king; And company not with them that are given to change:

  • Exodus 22:11

    the oath of Jehovah shall be between them both, whether he hath not put his hand unto his neighbor’s goods; and the owner thereof shall accept it, and he shall not make restitution.

  • 2 Samuel 21:7

    But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of Jehovah’s oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.

  • Ezekiel 17:13

    And he took of the seed royal, and made a covenant with him; he also brought him under an oath, and took away the mighty of the land;

  • 1 Peter 2:13

    Be subject to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether to the king, as supreme;

  • 1 Kings 2:43

    Why then hast thou not kept the oath of Jehovah, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?