Ecclesiastes 8:4

Catholic Public Domain Version

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

Cross References

2 Samuel 24:4

But the words of the king prevailed over the words of Joab and the leaders of the army. And so Joab and the leaders of the military departed from the face of the king, so that they might number the people of Israel.

1 Kings 1:30

just as I swore to you by the Lord God of Israel, saying: 'Your son Solomon shall reign after me, and he himself shall sit upon my throne in my place,' so shall I do this day."

1 Kings 2:25

And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, who put him to death, and so he died.

1 Kings 2:46

And so the king commanded Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada. And going out, he struck him down, and he died.

Ezra 6:13

Therefore, Tattenai, the governor of the region beyond the river, and Shetharbozenai, and his counselors, in accord with what king Darius had instructed, diligently executed the same.

Job 9:12

If he suddenly should question, who will answer him? Or who can say, "Why did you do so?"

Exodus 1:18

And summoning them, the king said, "What did you intend to do, so that you would save the boys?"

Proverbs 19:12

Like the roaring of a lion, so also is the wrath of a king. And his cheerfulness is like the dew upon the grass.

Proverbs 20:2

Just like the roaring of a lion, so also is the dread of a king. Whoever provokes him sins in his own soul.

Proverbs 30:31

a rooster prepared at the loins, likewise a ram, and a king, whom none can resist.

Daniel 3:15

Therefore, if you are prepared now, whenever you hear the sound of the trumpet, pipe, lute, harp and psaltery, and of the symphony and every kind of music, prostrate yourselves and adore the statue which I have made. But if you will not adore, in the same hour you will be cast into the furnace of burning fire. And who is the God that will rescue you from my hand?"

Romans 9:20

O man, who are you to question God? How can the thing that has been formed say to the One who formed him: "Why have you made me this way?"