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Ecclesiastes 8:2
I say to you, Keep the king's law, from respect for the oath of God.
Ecclesiastes 8:2 · Bible in Basic English
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Ecclesiastes 8:2 in other translations
I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God.
Keep the king’s command, I say, because of your oath before God.
I say, “Keep the king’s command!” because of the oath to God.
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In context
1 Who is like the wise man? and to whom is the sense of anything clear? A man's wisdom makes his face shining, and his hard face will be changed.
2 I say to you, Keep the king's law, from respect for the oath of God.
3 Be not quick to go from before him. Be not fixed in an evil design, because he does whatever is pleasing to him.
4 The word of a king has authority; and who may say to him, What is this you are doing?
5 Whoever keeps the law will come to no evil: and a wise man's heart has knowledge of time and of decision.
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