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Ecclesiastes 8:1-4
Before the King
Authority, Delay, and Unsearchable Work · Ecclesiastes 8
Story guide: Interpretive visual essay. Anonymous figures and settings illustrate this passage; they are not identified historical people.
Open this scene in the reader →1Who is like the wise man, and who knows the interpretation of a matter? A man's wisdom lights up his face, and the sternness of his face is changed.
2I say, keep the king’s command because of the oath of God.
3Do not be hasty to leave his presence. Do not take your stand in an evil matter, for he does whatever he pleases.
4For a king’s word has authority, and who may say to him, “What are you doing?”
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