19 For this is a gracious thing, when, (A)mindful of God, one endures sorrows while suffering unjustly.

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19 For it is commendable if someone bears up under the pain of unjust suffering because they are conscious of God.(A)

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I say:[a] Keep the king's command, because of (A)God's oath to him.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 8:2 Hebrew lacks say
  2. Ecclesiastes 8:2 Or because of your oath to God

Obey the King

Obey the king’s command, I say, because you took an oath before God.

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