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Ecclesiastes 8:2-5
New Catholic Bible
Ecclesiastes 8:2-5
New Catholic Bible
When Man Dominates Man.[a] 2 Obey the command of the king because of your sacred oath, 3 and do not be hasty to ignore it. Do not support him in some evil scheme, for he does whatever he pleases. 4 Since his word is sovereign, who can say to him, “What are you doing?”
5 Whoever obeys a command will come to no harm,
and the wise mind will know the time and the way.
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 8:2 The kingship is recognized as being of divine institution (see 2 Sam 8; Ps 89); it is part of this sacred world to which human beings must be submissive. In any case, it is better to keep account of the pretense of power that holds humans at its mercy and before which they remain without recourse. But no matter how great it is, power does not have the last word in the events of the world.
