Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
For the king’s word hath power; and who may say unto him, What doest thou?
WEB
For the king’s word is supreme, and who can say to him, “What are you doing?”
YLT
Where the word of a king is power is , and who saith to him, `What dost thou?'
DBT
because the word of a king is power; and who may say unto him, What doest thou?
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentEcclesiastes — Qohelet the Preacher — ''vanity of vanities, all is vanity.'' The book's relentless examination of life under the sun, resolving not in despair but in ''fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.''
- Author
- Traditional: Solomon (''son of David, king in Jerusalem''). Critical: a later Qohelet figure writing in Solomonic persona. §7.9 surfaces; Pastor Marc's drawer carries the position.
- Date
- Solomonic reading: c. 940 BC. Critical reading: Persian or early Hellenistic period (5th–3rd century BC).