4for the king's word is supreme. Who can say to him, |What are you doing?|


In Context

1 Who is like the wise man? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? A man's wisdom makes his face shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.

2 I say, |Keep the king's command!| because of the oath to God.

3 Don't be hasty to go out of his presence. Don't persist in an evil thing, for he does whatever pleases him,

4 for the king's word is supreme. Who can say to him, |What are you doing?|

5 Whoever keeps the commandment shall not come to harm, and his wise heart will know the time and procedure.

6 For there is a time and procedure for every purpose, although the misery of man is heavy on him.

Ecclesiastes 8:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:4Where the word of a king [is, there is] power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:4Since a king's word is supreme, who can say to him, "What are you doing?"

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:4And his word is full of power: neither can any man say to him: Why dost thou so?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:4For the king's word hath power; and who may say unto him, What doest thou?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:4because the word of a king is power; and who may say unto him, What doest thou?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:4Because the king's word hath power; and who may say unto him, What doest thou?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:4Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say to him, what doest thou?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:4Where the word of a king is power is, and who saith to him, 'What dost thou?'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:4Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say to him, What do you?