Ecclesiastes 8:4

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

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

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

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

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

For the king’s word is supreme, and who can 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?

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

even as a king having power: and who will say to him, What doest thou?

Darby Translation ☆

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

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

And his word is full of power: neither can any man say to him: Why dost thou so?

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

Where the word of ye King is, there is power, and who shall say vnto him, What doest thou?

Noyes Bible ☆

For the word of the king is powerful; and who can say to him, “What doest thou?”

Leeser Tanakh ☆

Because the word of a king is powerful; and who may say unto him, What doest thou?—

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

Forasmuch as the king's word hath power; and who may say unto him: 'What doest thou?'

King James Version ☆

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

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

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

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

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

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

even as a king having power: and who will say to him, What do you?

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

even as a king having power: and who will say to him, What do you?

Majority Standard BIble ☆

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

Webster Bible ☆

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

Revised Version ☆

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

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

Even as a king having power: And who will 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?”

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

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

World English Bible British Edition ☆

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

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

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

World English Bible Classic ☆

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

World English Bible Updated ☆

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

World Messianic Bible ☆

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

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

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

Young's Literal Translation ☆

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

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

For the devar melech is shilton (supreme), and who may say unto him, What doest thou?

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

حَيْثُ تَكُونُ كَلِمَةُ ٱلْمَلِكِ فَهُنَاكَ سُلْطَانٌ. وَمَنْ يَقُولُ لَهُ: «مَاذَا تَفْعَلُ؟».

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

ရှင်ဘုရင်အမိန့်တော်၌ တန်ခိုးပါ၏။ ကိုယ် တော်သည် အဘယ်သို့ပြုသနည်းဟု အဘယ်သူဆိုရာ သနည်း။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

ရှင်ဘုရင် အမိန့် တော်၌ တန်ခိုး ပါ၏။ ကိုယ်တော် သည် အဘယ်သို့ ပြု သနည်းဟု အဘယ်သူ ဆို ရာ သနည်း။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Siangpahrang ih lok loe thacak; mi mah maw anih khaeah, timaw na sak? tiah naa thai tih.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Manghai ol dongah a khuet om tih anih te ulong, “Balae na saii?” a ti nah.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Manghai ol dongah a khuet om tih anih te ulong, “Balae na saii?” a ti nah.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

王的话本有权力，谁敢问他说「你做什么」呢？

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

王的話本有權力，誰敢問他說「你做甚麼」呢？

World Chinese Bible ☆

因为王的话有至高权柄。谁能对他说：“你在做什么？”

Croatian Bible ☆

Jer kraljeva je riječ najjača, i tko ga smije pitati: “Što činiš?”

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Nebo kde slovo královské, tu i moc jeho, a kdo dí jemu: Co děláš?

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Thi en Konges Ord er Magtsprog, og hvo kan sige til ham: “Hvad gør du?”

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

Waar het woord des konings is, daar is heerschappij; en wie zal tot hem zeggen: Wat doet gij?

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Wie kan hem zeggen: wat doet gij?

Esperanto Bible ☆

Ĉar la vorto de reĝo estas potenca; kaj kiu povas diri al li: Kion vi faras?

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

parce que la parole du roi est une puissance, et qui lui dira : Que fais-tu ?

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Où est la parole du roi, là est la puissance; et qui lui dira: Que fais-tu?

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

parce que la parole du roi est puissante; et qui lui dira: Que fais-tu?

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

car la parole du roi est souveraine. Qui peut lui dire : « Que fais-tu ? »

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

weil des Königs Wort eine Macht ist, und wer will zu ihm sagen: Was tust du?

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

In des Königs Wort ist Gewalt; und wer mag zu ihm sagen: Was machst du?

German Textbibel ☆

dieweil des Königs Wort mächtig ist, und wer darf zu ihm sagen: Was thust du?

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Denn des Königs Wort ist mächtig, und wer darf zu ihm sagen: Was machst du?

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

καθὼς βασιλεὺς ἐξουσιάὑζων, καὶ τίς ἐρεῖ αὐτῷ· τί ποιεῖς;

Brenton Septuagint ☆

καθὼς βασιλεὺς ἐξουσιάζων. καὶ τίς ἐρεῖ αὐτῷ, τί ποιεῖς;

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Lè wa a pale, se fini. Pa gen moun ki pou mande l' poukisa l'ap fè sa l'ap fè a.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

Ma ka olelo a ke alii, aia no ka mana; a owai la ka mea e hiki ke olelo aku ia ia, Heaha kau i hana'i?

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

בַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר דְּבַר־מֶ֖לֶךְ שִׁלְטֹ֑ון וּמִ֥י יֹֽאמַר־לֹ֖ו מַֽה־תַּעֲשֶֽׂה׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

באשר דבר מלך שלטון ומי יאמר לו מה תעשה׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Perciocchè la parola del re è con imperio; e chi gli dirà: Che fai?

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

perché la parola del re è potente; e chi gli può dire: “Che fai?”

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

王の言葉には権威がある。誰が王に、「何をしているのですか」と言えるだろう。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

왕의 말은 권능이 있나니 누가 이르기를 왕께서 무엇을 하시나이까 할 수 있으랴

Kosraean Bible ☆

Tokosra el orekma ke ku lun wal lal; wangin mwet ku in kusen siyuk ke ma el oru.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Et sermo illius potestate plenus est, nec dicere ei quisquam potest: Quare ita facis?

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

جایی که سخن پادشاه است قوت هست و کیست که به اوبگوید چه می‌کنی؟

World Portuguese Bible ☆

pois a palavra do rei é suprema. Quem pode lhe dizer: “O que você está fazendo?”

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

Naquilo que há a palavra do rei, ali há autoridade; e quem lhe dirá: O que estás fazendo?

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Unde este cuvântul unui împărat, este putere; și cine îi va spune: Ce faci?

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

пентру кэ ворба ымпэратулуй аре путере. Чине поате зиче: „Че фачь?”

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

Где слово царя, там власть; и кто скажет ему: “что ты делаешь?”

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Jer gde je god reč careva onde je vlast, i ko će mu reći: Šta radiš?

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Јер где је год реч царева онде је власт, и ко ће му рећи: Шта радиш?

Mashi Bible ☆

Akanwa ka mwâmi kali kaguma, na ndi wankamubwîra, erhi: «Bici ebyo wajira?»

CC BY 4.0

Reina Valera 1909 ☆

Pues la palabra del rey es con potestad, ¿y quién le dirá, Qué haces?

Spanish BLL ☆

Ya que la palabra del rey tiene autoridad, ¿quién puede pedirle cuentas de lo que hace?

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

Pues la palabra del rey es soberana, ¿y quién le dirá: «Qué haces»?

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

La palabra de un rey tiene autoridad; y quién puede decirle: ¿Qué es esto que estás haciendo?

CC BY 4.0

Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

Pues la palabra del rey tiene poder. ¿Quién le pedirá cuenta de lo que hace?

CC BY 4.0

Revised West Version ☆

Ko e meʻa ʻoku lea ki ai ʻae tuʻi ʻoku ʻi ai ʻae mālohi: pea ko hai ʻe faʻa pehē kiate ia, “Ko e hā ʻoku ke fai?”

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Слово царське потужне; хто зважиться сказати йому: Що ти робиш?

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Слово царське потужне; хто зважиться сказати йому: Що ти робиш?

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Vả lại, lời vua có quyền; ai dám nói với người rằng: Ngươi làm chi?

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

בַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר דְּבַר־מֶ֖לֶךְ שִׁלְט֑וֹן וּמִ֥י יֹֽאמַר־ל֖וֹ מַֽה־תַּעֲשֶֽׂה׃