Ecclesiastes 8:4

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

For the king’s word is authoritative, and who can say to him, ‘What are you doing? ’

Cross References

Job 9:12

If he snatches something, who can stop   him? Who can ask him, ‘What are you doing? ’

Daniel 4:35

All the inhabitants of the earth are counted as nothing, and he does what he wants  with the army of heaven and the inhabitants of the earth. There is no one who can block his hand or say to him, ‘What have you done? ’

Romans 9:20

On the contrary, who are you, a human being, to talk back to God?  Will what is formed say to the one who formed it, ‘Why did you make me like this? ’

Proverbs 20:2

A king’s terrible wrath is like the roaring of a lion; anyone who provokes him endangers himself.

Proverbs 19:12

A king’s rage is like the roaring of a lion, but his favour is like dew on the grass.

Daniel 3:15

Now if you’re ready, when you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, drum, and every kind of music, fall down and worship the statue I made. But if you don’t worship it, you will immediately be thrown into a furnace of blazing fire #– #and who is the god who can rescue you from my power? ’

Proverbs 30:31

a strutting cockerel;  a goat; and a king at the head of his army.

1 Kings 2:46

Then the king commanded Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he went out and struck Shimei down, and he died. So the kingdom was established in Solomon’s hand.

1 Kings 2:25

Then King Solomon dispatched Benaiah son of Jehoiada,  who struck down Adonijah, and he died.

Exodus 1:18

So the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, ‘Why have you done this and let the boys live? ’

2 Samuel 24:4

Yet the king’s order prevailed over Joab and the commanders of the army. So Joab and the commanders of the army left the king’s presence to register the troops of Israel.

1 Kings 1:30

just as I swore to you by the Lord God of Israel: Your son Solomon is to become king after me, and he is the one who is to sit on my throne in my place,  that is exactly what I will do this very day.’

Ezra 6:13

Then Tattenai governor of the region west of the River Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and their colleagues  diligently carried out what King Darius had decreed.