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Ecclesiastes 8:1-2
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Obey the King and Enjoy Yourself

8 Who is like the wise man?

    And who knows the interpretation of a thing?
Wisdom makes one’s face shine,
    and the hardness of one’s countenance is changed.

2 Keep[a] the king’s command because of your sacred oath.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 8:2 Heb I keep
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Ecclesiastes 8:1-2
New International Version

8 Who is like the wise?
    Who knows the explanation of things?
A person’s wisdom brightens their face
    and changes its hard appearance.

Obey the King

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

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