Ecclesiastes 8:2

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

I counsel thee, Keep the king’s command, and that in regard of the oath of God.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

I counsel thee, Keep the king’s command, and that in regard of the oath of God.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

Keep the king’s command, I say, because of your oath before God.

Bible in Basic English ☆

I say to you, Keep the king's law, from respect for the oath of God.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

Observe the commandment of the king, and that because of the word of the oath of God.

Darby Translation ☆

I [say], Keep the king's commandment, and [that] on account of the oath of God.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

I observe the mouth of the king, and the commandments of the oath of God.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

I aduertise thee to take heede to ye mouth of the King, and to the worde of the othe of God.

Noyes Bible ☆

I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that on account of the oath of God.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

I [counsel thee], Keep the king's command, and that which regardeth the oath [to him taken] by God.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

I counsel thee: keep the king's command, and that in regard of the oath of God.

King James Version ☆

I counsel thee to keep the king’s commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

I counsel thee to keep the king’s commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

I counsel thee to keep the king’s commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

Observe the commandment of the king, and that because of the word of the oath of God.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

Observe the commandment of the king, and that because of the word of the oath of God.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

Keep the king’s command, I say, because of your oath before God.

Webster Bible ☆

I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God.

Revised Version ☆

I counsel thee, Keep the king’s command, and that in regard of the oath of God.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

Observe the commandment of the king, And that because of the word of the oath of God.

World English Bible ☆

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

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

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

World English Bible British Edition ☆

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

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

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

World English Bible Classic ☆

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

World English Bible Updated ☆

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

World Messianic Bible ☆

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

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

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

Young's Literal Translation ☆

I pray thee, the commandment of a king keep, even for the sake of the oath of God.

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

I counsel thee to keep the kingʼs commandment, and that because of the shevuat Elohim (the oath of G-d).

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

أَنَا أَقُولُ: ٱحْفَظْ أَمْرَ ٱلْمَلِكِ، وَذَاكَ بِسَبَبِ يَمِينِ ٱللهِ.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

ဘုရားသခင့်ရှေ့တော်၌ ပြုသောသစ္စာကို ထောက် ၍၊ ရှင်ဘုရင်အမိန့်တော်ကို စောင့်လော့။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

ဘုရားသခင့် ရှေ့တော်၌ ပြုသောသစ္စာကို ထောက် ၍၊ ရှင်ဘုရင် အမိန့် တော်ကို စောင့် လော့။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Sithaw hmaa ah sak ih lokkamhaih to poek ah loe, siangpahrang lokpaekhaih to tahngai ah.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Kamah manghai ka dongkah he Pathen olhlo dongkah dumlai la a om dongah ngaithuen.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Kamah manghai ka dongkah he Pathen olhlo dongkah dumlai la a om dongah ngaithuen.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

我 劝你遵守王的命令；既指 神起誓，理当如此。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

我 勸你遵守王的命令；既指上帝起誓，理當如此。

World Chinese Bible ☆

我说：“要遵守王的命令！”这是因向上帝所起的誓。

Croatian Bible ☆

Zato velim: slušaj kraljevu zapovijed zbog Božje zakletve.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Jáť radím: Výpovědi královské ostříhej, a však podlé přísahy Boží.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Hold en Konges Bud! Men drejer det sig om en Gudsed, så forhast dig ikke.

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

Ik zeg: Neem acht op den mond des konings; doch naar de gelegenheid van den eed Gods.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Neem het bevel van den koning in acht, Om de aan God gezworen eed;

Esperanto Bible ☆

Mi diras: La reĝan ordonon plenumu, pro la ĵuro farita antaŭ Dio.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Je [dis] : Prends garde au commandement du roi, et cela à cause du serment [fait] à Dieu.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Observe, je te le dis, le commandement du roi; et cela, à cause du serment fait à Dieu.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Je te dis: Observe les ordres du roi, et cela à cause du serment fait à Dieu.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Je te dis : « Observe l'ordre du roi, à cause du serment prêté à Dieu. »

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Ich sage: Habe acht auf den Befehl des Königs, und zwar wegen des Eides Gottes.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Halte das Wort des Königs und den Eid Gottes.

German Textbibel ☆

Ich sage: den Befehl des Königs beachte und zwar wegen des Eides bei Gott.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Bewahre mein königliches Wort wie einen göttlichen Schwur!

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

στόμα βασιλέως φύλαξον καὶ περὶ λόγου ὅρκου Θεοῦ μὴ σπουδάσῃς.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Στόμα βασιλέως φύλαξον, καὶ περὶ λόγου ὅρκου Θεοῦ.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Se pou ou fè sa wa a bay lòd fè a, poutèt sèman ou te fè devan Bondye a.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

Ke ao aku nei au ia oe, e malama i ke kanawai o ke alii, no ka hoohiki ana i ke Akua.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

אֲנִי֙ פִּי־מֶ֣לֶךְ שְׁמֹ֔ור וְעַ֕ל דִּבְרַ֖ת שְׁבוּעַ֥ת אֱלֹהִֽים׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

אני פי מלך שמור ועל דברת שבועת אלהים׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Io ti ammonisco che tu osservi il comandamento del re; eziandio per cagione del giuramento fatto nel Nome di Dio .

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

Io ti dico: “Osserva gli ordini del re”; e questo, a motivo del giuramento che hai fatto dinanzi a Dio.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

私は言う。「神にかけた誓いのゆえに、王の命令を守りなさい。」

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

내가 권하노니 왕의 명령을 지키라 이미 하나님을 가리켜 맹세하였음이니라

Kosraean Bible ☆

Oru ma tokosra el fahk, ac nik kom oru kutena wuleang ingunyar nu sin God.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Ego os regis observo, et præcepta juramenti Dei.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

من تو را می‌گویم حکم پادشاه را نگاه دار واین را به‌سبب سوگند خدا.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

Eu digo: Guarde o mandamento do rei, por causa do juramento a Deus.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

Eu digo: obedece às ordens do rei, por causa do juramento que fizeste a Deus.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Eu te sfătuiesc să ții poruncile împăratului, și aceasta în privința jurământului lui Dumnezeu.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Еу ыць спун: Пэзеште порунчиле ымпэратулуй дин причина журэмынтулуй фэкут ынаинтя луй Думнезеу.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

Я говорю: слово царское храни, и это ради клятвы пред Богом.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Ja ti kažem: izvršuj zapovest carevu, i to zakletve Božje radi.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Ја ти кажем: извршуј заповест цареву, и то заклетве Божје ради.

Mashi Bible ☆

Naderha obwo: nti oshimbe irhegeko lya mwâmi erhi ndahiro ya Nyamuzinda erhuma.

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

Yo te aviso que guardes el mandamiento del rey y la palabra del juramento de Dios.

Spanish BLL ☆

Mi consejo es este: “Obedece las órdenes del rey”, pues hiciste un juramento ante Dios.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

Yo digo: «Guarda el mandamiento del rey» a causa del juramento hecho a Dios.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

Te digo: Guarda la ley del rey del respeto por el juramento de Dios.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

Digo: guarda el mandato del rey a causa del juramento ante ʼElohim.

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Revised West Version ☆

‌ʻOku ou enginakiʻi koe ke ke fai ki he fekau ʻae tuʻi, pea ke fai ia koeʻuhi ko e fuakava ʻae ʻOtua.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Я кажу: Чини волю царську, а се — задля присяги перед Богом.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Я кажу: Чини волю царську, а се — задля присяги перед Богом.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Ta khuyên rằng: Vì cớ lời thề cùng Đức Chúa Trời, khá gìn giữ mạng vua.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

אֲנִי֙ פִּי־מֶ֣לֶךְ שְׁמ֔וֹר וְעַ֕ל דִּבְרַ֖ת שְׁבוּעַ֥ת אֱלֹהִֽים׃