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Ecclesiastes 8:2-5
Common English Bible
Ecclesiastes 8:2-5
Common English Bible
Watch out for power
2 Keep[a] the king’s command
as you would keep a solemn pledge.
3 Don’t be dismayed; leave his presence.
Don’t linger in a harmful situation
because he can do whatever he wants!
4 Because the king’s word has authority,
no one can say to him, “What are you doing?”
5 Whoever keeps a command will meet no harm, and the wise heart knows the right time and the right way
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- Ecclesiastes 8:2 Correction; Heb I (say?) keep
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