Ecclesiastes 8:4

American Standard Version (1901)

For the king’s word hath power; and who may say unto him, What doest thou?

ASV Byzantine Text

For the king’s word hath power; and who may say unto him, What doest thou?

Asang Khongca Bible

Siangpahrang ih lok loe thacak; mi mah maw anih khaeah, timaw na sak? tiah naa thai tih.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Manghai ol dongah a khuet om tih anih te ulong, “Balae na saii?” a ti nah.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Manghai ol dongah a khuet om tih anih te ulong, “Balae na saii?” a ti nah.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

Ma ka olelo a ke alii, aia no ka mana; a owai la ka mea e hiki ke olelo aku ia ia, Heaha kau i hana'i?

English Berean Standard Bible

For the king’s word is supreme, and who can say to him, “What are you doing?”

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Lè wa a pale, se fini. Pa gen moun ki pou mande l' poukisa l'ap fè sa l'ap fè a.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Et sermo illius potestate plenus est, nec dicere ei quisquam potest: Quare ita facis?

Bible in Basic English

The word of a king has authority; and who may say to him, What is this you are doing?

French: Bible J.N. Darby

parce que la parole du roi est une puissance, et qui lui dira : Que fais-tu ?

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Nebo kde slovo královské, tu i moc jeho, a kdo dí jemu: Co děláš?

Kosraean Bible

Tokosra el orekma ke ku lun wal lal; wangin mwet ku in kusen siyuk ke ma el oru.

World Portuguese Bible

pois a palavra do rei é suprema. Quem pode lhe dizer: “O que você está fazendo?”

Romanian BTF Bible

Unde este cuvântul unui împărat, este putere; și cine îi va spune: Ce faci?

Brenton English Septuagint

even as a king having power: and who will say to him, What doest thou?

Burmese Common Language Bible

ရှင်ဘုရင်အမိန့်တော်၌ တန်ခိုးပါ၏။ ကိုယ် တော်သည် အဘယ်သို့ပြုသနည်းဟု အဘယ်သူဆိုရာ သနည်း။

Darby Translation

because the word of a king is power; and who may say unto him, What doest thou?

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

weil des Königs Wort eine Macht ist, und wer will zu ihm sagen: Was tust du?

Dutch Bible 1917

Waar het woord des konings is, daar is heerschappij; en wie zal tot hem zeggen: Wat doet gij?

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Wie kan hem zeggen: wat doet gij?

Italian Diodati Bible

Perciocchè la parola del re è con imperio; e chi gli dirà: Che fai?

Douay-Rheims 1899

And his word is full of power: neither can any man say to him: Why dost thou so?

Geneva Bible 1599

Where the word of ye King is, there is power, and who shall say vnto him, What doest thou?

Noyes Bible

For the word of the king is powerful; and who can say to him, “What doest thou?”

Danish Bible 1931

Thi en Konges Ord er Magtsprog, og hvo kan sige til ham: “Hvad gør du?”

Leeser Tanakh

Because the word of a king is powerful; and who may say unto him, What doest thou?—

JPS TaNaKH 1917

Forasmuch as the king's word hath power; and who may say unto him: 'What doest thou?'

King James Version

Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?

King James Version + Apocrypha

Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Vả lại, lời vua có quyền; ai dám nói với người rằng: Ngươi làm chi?

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?

Revised West Version

Ko e meʻa ʻoku lea ki ai ʻae tuʻi ʻoku ʻi ai ʻae mālohi: pea ko hai ʻe faʻa pehē kiate ia, “Ko e hā ʻoku ke fai?”

French Ostervald Bible

Où est la parole du roi, là est la puissance; et qui lui dira: Que fais-tu?

Esperanto Bible

Ĉar la vorto de reĝo estas potenca; kaj kiu povas diri al li: Kion vi faras?

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

parce que la parole du roi est puissante; et qui lui dira: Que fais-tu?

German Luther Bible 1912

In des Königs Wort ist Gewalt; und wer mag zu ihm sagen: Was machst du?

LXX2012 U. S. English

even as a king having power: and who will say to him, What do you?

British English Septuagint 2012

even as a king having power: and who will say to him, What do you?

Majority Standard BIble

For the king’s word is supreme, and who can say to him, “What are you doing?”

Webster Bible

Where the word of a king is , there is power: and who may say to him, what doest thou?

Revised Version

Because the king’s word hath power; and who may say unto him, What doest thou?

Italian Riveduta Bible

perché la parola del re è potente; e chi gli può dire: “Che fai?”

French Free Holy Bible for the World

car la parole du roi est souveraine. Qui peut lui dire : « Que fais-tu ? »

Reina Valera 1909

Pues la palabra del rey es con potestad, ¿y quién le dirá, Qué haces?

Spanish BLL

Ya que la palabra del rey tiene autoridad, ¿quién puede pedirle cuentas de lo que hace?

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Pues la palabra del rey es soberana, ¿y quién le dirá: «Qué haces»?

Croatian Bible

Jer kraljeva je riječ najjača, i tko ga smije pitati: “Što činiš?”

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

Jer gde je god reč careva onde je vlast, i ko će mu reći: Šta radiš?

German Textbibel

dieweil des Königs Wort mächtig ist, und wer darf zu ihm sagen: Was thust du?

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

Even as a king having power: And who will say to him, What doest thou?

Hebrew OT (WLC)

בַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר דְּבַר־מֶ֖לֶךְ שִׁלְט֑וֹן וּמִ֥י יֹֽאמַר־ל֖וֹ מַֽה־תַּעֲשֶֽׂה׃

World English Bible

for the king’s word is supreme. Who can say to him, “What are you doing?”

World English Bible (Catholic)

for the king’s word is supreme. Who can say to him, “What are you doing?”

World English Bible British Edition

for the king’s word is supreme. Who can say to him, “What are you doing?”

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

for the king’s word is supreme. Who can say to him, “What are you doing?”

World English Bible Classic

for the king’s word is supreme. Who can say to him, “What are you doing?”

World English Bible Updated

for the king’s word is supreme. Who can say to him, “What are you doing?”

World Messianic Bible

for the king’s word is supreme. Who can say to him, “What are you doing?”

World Messianic Bible British Edition

for the king’s word is supreme. Who can say to him, “What are you doing?”

Young's Literal Translation

Where the word of a king [is] power [is], and who saith to him, 'What dost thou?'

SEPTUAGINTA

καθὼς βασιλεὺς ἐξουσιάὑζων, καὶ τίς ἐρεῖ αὐτῷ· τί ποιεῖς;

Brenton Septuagint

καθὼς βασιλεὺς ἐξουσιάζων. καὶ τίς ἐρεῖ αὐτῷ, τί ποιεῖς;

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic)

пентру кэ ворба ымпэратулуй аре путере. Чине поате зиче: „Че фачь?”

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish

Слово царське потужне; хто зважиться сказати йому: Що ти робиш?

Ukrainian Freedom Bible

Слово царське потужне; хто зважиться сказати йому: Що ти робиш?

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic)

Јер где је год реч царева онде је власт, и ко ће му рећи: Шта радиш?

Russian Synodal Bible

Где слово царя, там власть; и кто скажет ему: “что ты делаешь?”

Hebrew Masoretic OT

בַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר דְּבַר־מֶ֖לֶךְ שִׁלְטֹ֑ון וּמִ֥י יֹֽאמַר־לֹ֖ו מַֽה־תַּעֲשֶֽׂה׃

Modern Hebrew Bible

באשר דבר מלך שלטון ומי יאמר לו מה תעשה׃

Arabic Van Dyck Bible

حَيْثُ تَكُونُ كَلِمَةُ ٱلْمَلِكِ فَهُنَاكَ سُلْطَانٌ. وَمَنْ يَقُولُ لَهُ: «مَاذَا تَفْعَلُ؟».

Old Persion Version Bible

جایی که سخن پادشاه است قوت هست و کیست که به اوبگوید چه می‌کنی؟

Judson Burmese Bible

ရှင်ဘုရင် အမိန့် တော်၌ တန်ခိုး ပါ၏။ ကိုယ်တော် သည် အဘယ်သို့ ပြု သနည်းဟု အဘယ်သူ ဆို ရာ သနည်း။

Korean Bible 1910

왕의 말은 권능이 있나니 누가 이르기를 왕께서 무엇을 하시나이까 할 수 있으랴

Japanese Freedom Bible

王の言葉には権威がある。誰が王に、「何をしているのですか」と言えるだろう。

World Chinese Bible

因为王的话有至高权柄。谁能对他说：“你在做什么？”

Chinese Union Version (simplified)

王的话本有权力，谁敢问他说「你做什么」呢？

Chinese Union Version (traditional)

王的話本有權力，誰敢問他說「你做甚麼」呢？

Portuguese Bíblia Livre

Naquilo que há a palavra do rei, ali há autoridade; e quem lhe dirá: O que estás fazendo?

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Mashi Bible

Akanwa ka mwâmi kali kaguma, na ndi wankamubwîra, erhi: «Bici ebyo wajira?»

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German Schlachter Bible 1951

Denn des Königs Wort ist mächtig, und wer darf zu ihm sagen: Was machst du?

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La Biblia en Español Sencillo

La palabra de un rey tiene autoridad; y quién puede decirle: ¿Qué es esto que estás haciendo?

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You)

Pues la palabra del rey tiene poder. ¿Quién le pedirá cuenta de lo que hace?

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The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible

For the devar melech is shilton (supreme), and who may say unto him, What doest thou?

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