Ecclesiastes 8:2
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"I counsel thee to keep the king’s commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God."
Word-by-Word Analysis
עֵצָה
ʻêtsâh
advice; by implication, plan; also prudence
שָׁמַר
shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
פֶּה
peh
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos...
פָּנָה
pânâh
to turn; by implication, to face, i.e. appear, look, etc.
שְׁבוּעָה
shᵉbûwʻâh
properly, something sworn, i.e. an oath
אֱלֹהִים
ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...
Key Terms in This Verse
פֶּה peh
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
Study H6310 →שָׁמַר shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
Study H8104 →אֱלֹהִים ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a supe...
Study H430 →Cross References
Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,
My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:
Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?
But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the LORD’s oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.
Then shall an oath of the LORD be between them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour’s goods; and the owner of it shall accept thereof, and he shall not make it good.
And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise of king David, submitted themselves unto Solomon the king.
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