Ecclesiastes 8:2 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

² All these things I have considered, and applied my heart to all the works that are done under the sun. Sometimes one man ruleth over another to his own hurt.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² I counsel you to keep the king's command, and that in regard to the oath of God [by which you swore to him loyalty]. [II Sam. 21:7.]

American Standard Version (1901)

² I counsel thee, Keep the king’s command, and that in regard of the oath of God.

Common English Bible

² Keep the king’s command as you would keep a solemn pledge.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² I heed the mouth of the king, and the commandment of an oath to God.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² I observe the mouth of the king, and the commandments of the oath of God.

Ecclesiastes 8:2 Cross References

2 Samuel 21:7

2 And David went, and took the bones of Saul, and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabes Galaad, who had stolen them from the street of Bethsan, where the Philistines had hanged them when they had slain Saul in Gelboe.

1 Kings 2:43

But yet the people sacrificed in the high places: far there was no temple built to the name of the Lord until that day.

1 Chronicles 29:24

9 Now the acts of king David first and last are written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer:

Exodus 22:11

4 If a man borrow of his neighbour any of these things, and it be hurt or die, the owner not being present, he shall be obliged to make restitution.

Proverbs 24:21

8 Be not witness without cause against thy neighbour: and deceive not any man with thy lips.

Titus 3:1

0 A man that is a heretic, after the first and second admonition, avoid:

1 Samuel 14:26

1 So they smote that day the Philistines from Machmas to Ailon. And the people were wearied exceedingly.