Ecclesiastes 8:2 - King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

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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 Marejeleo ya Msalaba

2 Samuel 21:7

But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the LORD's oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.

1 Kings 2:43

Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?

1 Chronicles 29:24

And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise of king David, submitted themselves unto Solomon the king.

Exodus 22:11

then shall an oath of the LORD be between them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour's goods; and the owner of it shall accept thereof, and he shall not make it good.

Proverbs 24:21

My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: And meddle not with them that are given to change:

Titus 3:1

Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,

1 Samuel 14:26

And when the people were come into the wood, behold, the honey dropped; but no man put his hand to his mouth: for the people feared the oath.