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Ecclesiastes 8:1

Verse 1 of 17. The 8th of 12 chapters in Ecclesiastes, in Poetry and Wisdom.

1Who is like the wise man? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? A man’s wisdom makes his face shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.

2I say, “Keep the king’s command!” because of the oath to God.

3Don’t be hasty to go out of his presence. Don’t persist in an evil thing, for he does whatever pleases him,

4for the king’s word is supreme. Who can say to him, “What are you doing?”

5Whoever keeps the commandment shall not come to harm, and his wise heart will know the time and procedure.

Read Ecclesiastes 8

World English Bible. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.