Ecclesiastes 8:4 - The Scriptures 1998

⁴ Where the word of a sovereign is, there is power. And who says to him, “What are you doing?”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ For the word of a king is authority and power, and who can say to him, What are you doing?

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

⁴ Because the king’s word has authority, no one can say to him, “What are you doing?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ And his word is filled with authority. Neither is anyone able to say to him: "Why are you acting this way?"

Ecclesiastes 8:4 Cross References

2 Samuel 24:4

However, the sovereign’s word prevailed against Yo’aḇ

1 Kings 1:30

even as I swore to you by יהוה  Elohim of Yisra’ĕ

1 Kings 2:25

And Sovereign Shelomoh sent by the hand of Benayahu son of Yehoyaḏ

1 Kings 2:46

So the sovereign ordered Benayahu son of Yehoyaḏ

Ezra 6:13

Then Tattenai, governor beyond the River, Shethar-Bozenai, and their companions promptly did according to what Dareyawesh the sovereign had sent.

Job 9:12

Look, He snatches away, who brings it back? Who says to Him, ‘What are You doing?’

Exodus 1:18

So the sovereign of Mitsrayim called for the midwives and said to them, “Why have you done this, and kept the male children alive?”

Proverbs 19:12

The sovereign’s wrath is like the roaring of a lion, But his delight is like dew on the grass.

Proverbs 20:2

The dread of a sovereign is like the roaring of a lion; Whoever provokes him sins against his own life.

Proverbs 30:31

A greyhound, and a male goat, And a sovereign whose army is with him.

Daniel 3:15

“Now if you are ready when you hear the sound of the horn, the flute, the zither, the lyre, the harp, the pipes, and all kinds of instruments, and you fall down and do obeisance to the image which I have made, good! But if you do not do obeisance, you are immediately thrown into the midst of a burning furnace of fire. And who is the elah who does deliver you from my hands?”

Daniel 4:35

And all the inhabitants of the earth are of no account, and He does as He wishes with the host of the heavens and among the inhabitants of the earth. And there is none to strike against His hand or say to Him, “What have You done?”

Romans 9:20

But who are you, O man, to talk back to Elohim? Shall that which is formed say to him who formed it, “Why have you made me like this?”