rsv Ecclesiastes:8:2-8
rsv@Ecclesiastes:8:2 @ Keep the king's command, and because of your sacred oath be not dismayed;
rsv@Ecclesiastes:8:3 @ go from his presence, do not delay when the matter is unpleasant, for he does whatever he pleases.
rsv@Ecclesiastes:8:4 @ For the word of the king is supreme, and who may say to him, "What are you doing?"
rsv@Ecclesiastes:8:5 @ He who obeys a command will meet no harm, and the mind of a wise man will know the time and way.
rsv@Ecclesiastes:8:6 @ For every matter has its time and way, although man's trouble lies heavy upon him.
rsv@Ecclesiastes:8:7 @ For he does not know what is to be, for who can tell him how it will be?
rsv@Ecclesiastes:8:8 @ No man has power to retain the spirit, or authority over the day of death; there is no discharge from war, nor will wickedness deliver those who are given to it.