Font Size
Ecclesiastes 8:1-2
Lexham English Bible
Ecclesiastes 8:1-2
Lexham English Bible
Wisdom is Valuable
8 Who is like the sage?
Who knows the interpretation of a thing?
A man’s wisdom makes his face shine,
and the hardness of his face is changed.
2 Keep the command of the king[a]
because of your oath to God.[b]
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 8:2 While MT reads “I said, ‘Keep the mouth of the king,’” the versions read “Keep the mouth of the king,” which is adopted in the translation
- Ecclesiastes 8:2 Literally “because of the oath of God”
Lexham English Bible (LEB)
2012 by Logos Bible Software. Lexham is a registered trademark of Logos Bible Software