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Ecclesiastes 8:2

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2I say, “Keep the 1command of the king because of the aoath 2before God.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Lit mouth
  2. 2Lit of

Cross references

  1. aEx 22:11; 2 Sam 21:7; Ezek 17:18

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

I say: Keep the king’s command, because of God’s oath to him.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Obey the king’s command, I say, because you took an oath before God.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Keep the king’s command because of your oath made before God.

NLTNew Living Translation

Obey the king since you vowed to God that you would.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Keep the command of the king

because of your oath to God.

KJV 1900King James Version

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