Parallel Verses

Lexham Expanded Bible

Since the word of the king [is] supreme, no one can say to him, "What are you doing?"

New American Standard Bible

Since the word of the king is authoritative, who will say to him, “What are you doing?”

King James Version

Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?

Holman Bible

For the king’s word is authoritative, and who can say to him, “What are you doing?”

International Standard Version

Since a king's command is powerful, who is able to challenge him, asking, "What are you doing?"

A Conservative Version

For the king's word [has] power, and who may say to him, What are thou doing?

American Standard Version

For the king's word hath power; and who may say unto him, What doest thou?

Amplified


For the word of a king is authoritative and powerful,
And who will say to him, “What are you doing?”

Bible in Basic English

The word of a king has authority; and who may say to him, What is this you are doing?

Darby Translation

because the word of a king is power; and who may say unto him, What doest thou?

Julia Smith Translation

Wheresoever the word of a king, it is powerful: and who shall say to him, What wilt thou do?

King James 2000

Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What are you doing?

Modern King James verseion

Because the word of a king is that which has power; and who may say to him, What are you doing?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Like as when a king giveth a charge, his commandment is mighty: Even so whom may say unto him, "What doest thou?"

NET Bible

Surely the king's authority is absolute; no one can say to him, "What are you doing?"

New Heart English Bible

for the king's word is supreme. Who can say to him, "What are you doing?"

The Emphasized Bible

Where the word of a king is, there is power, - who then may say to him, What wouldst thou do?

Webster

Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say to him, what doest thou?

World English Bible

for the king's word is supreme. Who can say to him, "What are you doing?"

Youngs Literal Translation

Where the word of a king is power is, and who saith to him, 'What dost thou?'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Where the word
דּבר 
Dabar 
Usage: 1438

of a king
מלך 
melek 
Usage: 2521

is, there is power
שׁלטון 
Shiltown (Aramaic) 
Usage: 2

and who may say

Usage: 0

References

Hastings

Context Readings

Obedience To The King

3 Do not be terrified of his presence! Go at once and do not delay when a matter [is] unpleasant, for he can do anything that he desires. 4 Since the word of the king [is] supreme, no one can say to him, "What are you doing?" 5 Whoever obeys [his] command will not suffer disaster. The wise mind knows the [proper] time and the right [procedure].



Cross References

Job 9:12

{If} he would snatch away, who could turn him? Who could say to him, 'What are you doing?'

Daniel 4:35

And all the dwellers of the earth are regarded as nothing, and he does {according to} his desire in the host of heaven and [among] the dwellers of earth, and there is not [one] who can hold back his hand, or {ask him}, 'What are you doing?'

1 Kings 2:25

King Solomon sent through the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, so he struck him, and he died.

1 Kings 2:29-34

It was told to King Solomon that Joab had fled to the tent of Yahweh and was beside the altar. So Solomon sent [word] to Benaiah son of Jehoiada, saying, "Go and fall upon him."

1 Kings 2:46

Then the king commanded Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he went out and fell upon him, and he died. So the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.

Job 33:12-13

"Look, [in] this you are not right--I will answer you: Indeed, God is greater than a human being.

Job 34:18-19

the one who says to a king, 'You worthless man,' to noblemen, 'You wicked man,'

Proverbs 19:12

The rage of a king growls like a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.

Proverbs 20:2

Roaring like the lion [is the] dreaded anger of a king; he who provokes him forfeits his life.

Proverbs 30:31

a strutting rooster or he-goat, and a king [whose] army [is] with him.

Daniel 3:15

Now if you are ready so that {when} you hear the sound of the horn, the flute, the lyre, [the] trigon, [the] harp and [the] drum and all kinds of music, you fall down and you worship the statue that I have made, [that will be good]. But if you do not worship it, {immediately} you will be thrown into the midst of the furnace of blazing fire, and {who is the god} who will rescue you from my hands?"

Luke 12:4-5

"And I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after these [things] do not have anything more to do.

Romans 9:20

On the contrary, O man, who are you who answers back to God? Will what is molded say to the one who molded [it], "Why did you make me like this"?

Romans 13:1-4

Let every person be subject to the governing authorities, for [there] is no authority except by God, and those that exist are put in place by God.

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