² Keep the king's commandment, I warn thee, and the oath that thou hast made unto God. ³ Be not hasty to go out of his sight, and see thou continue in no evil thing: for whatsoever it pleaseth him, that doeth he. ⁴ Like as when a king giveth a charge, his commandment is mighty: Even so whom may say unto him, "What doest thou?" ⁵ Whoso keepeth the commandment, shall feel no harm: but a wise man's heart discerneth time and manner. ⁶ For everything will have opportunity and judgment, and this the thing that maketh men full of carefulness and sorrow. ⁷ And why? A man knoweth not what is for to come: for who will tell him? ⁸ Neither is there any man that hath power over the spirit, to keep still the spirit, nor to have any power in the time of death: it is not he also that can make an end of the battle, neither may ungodliness deliver him that meddleth withall.