Ecclesiastes 8:2-8 - Obedience To The King

² I said , The bidding of the king, observe thou, even out of regard to the oath of God. ³ Not rashly from his presence, shouldst thou go: do not take thy stand in a vexatious thing, - for, whatsoever he pleaseth, he will do. ⁴ Where the word of a king is, there is power, - who then may say to him, What wouldst thou do? ⁵ He that observeth the commandment, will not notice a vexatious thing, - and, of time and manner, will the heart of the wise take note. ⁶ For, to every pursuit, there is a time and a manner, - when, the vexation of man, is great concerning it. ⁷ For there is no one who knoweth what shall be, for, when it shall be, who will tell him? ⁸ No man, hath power over the spirit, to retain the spirit, and, none, hath power over the day of death, and there is no furlough in war, - neither shall lawlessness deliver them who are given thereto.