2Obey the king's command, I say, because you took an oath before God.
2Obey the king's command, I say, because you took an oath before God.
1 Who is like the wise man? Who knows the explanation of things? Wisdom brightens a man's face and changes its hard appearance.
2 Obey the king's command, I say, because you took an oath before God.
3 Do not be in a hurry to leave the king's presence. Do not stand up for a bad cause, for he will do whatever he pleases.
4 Since a king's word is supreme, who can say to him, "What are you doing?"
8:2I [counsel thee] to keep the king’s commandment, and [that] in regard of the oath of God.
8:2I observe the mouth of the king, and the commandments of the oath of God.
8:2I counsel thee , Keep the king's command, and that in regard of the oath of God.
8:2I say, Keep the king's commandment, and that on account of the oath of God.
8:2I counsel thee, Keep the king's command, and that in regard of the oath of God.
8:2I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God.
8:2I say, |Keep the king's command!| because of the oath to God.
8:2I pray thee, the commandment of a king keep, even for the sake of the oath of God.
8:2I counsel you to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God.