Ecclesiastes 8:4

God's Word

Since a king’s word has such power, no one can ask him what he is doing.

Cross References

2 Samuel 24:4

However, the king overruled Joab and the commanders of the army. So they left the king ⌞in order⌟ to count the people of Israel.

1 Kings 1:30

I will do today exactly what I swore to you by the Lord God of Israel. Your son Solomon will be king after me. He will sit on my throne.”

1 Kings 2:25

King Solomon gave this task to Benaiah, son of Jehoiada. Benaiah attacked and killed Adonijah.

1 Kings 2:46

Then the king gave orders to Benaiah, son of Jehoiada. He went to attack and kill Shimei. Solomon’s power as king was now firmly established.

Ezra 6:13

Then Governor Tattenai ⌞from the province⌟ west of the Euphrates River, Shethar Bozenai, and their group did exactly what King Darius had ordered.

Job 9:12

He takes something away, ⌞but⌟ who can stop him? Who is going to ask him, ‘What are you doing?’

Exodus 1:18

So the king of Egypt called for the midwives. He asked them, “Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?”

Proverbs 19:12

The rage of a king is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.

Proverbs 20:2

The rage of a king is like the roar of a lion. Whoever makes him angry forfeits his life.

Proverbs 30:31

a strutting rooster, a male goat, a king at the head of his army.

Daniel 3:15

When you hear the sound of the rams’ horns, flutes, lyres, harps, and three-stringed harps playing at the same time with all other kinds of instruments, will you bow down and worship the gold statue I made? If you don’t worship it, you will immediately be thrown into a blazing furnace. What god can save you from my power then?”

Daniel 4:35

Everyone who lives on earth is nothing compared to him. He does whatever he wishes with the army of heaven and with those who live on earth. There is no one who can oppose him or ask him, “What are you doing?”

Romans 9:20

Who do you think you are to talk back to God like that? Can an object that was made say to its maker, “Why did you make me like this?”