Matthew Poole and continuators on Ecclesiastes 8:4

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

Whatsoever he commandeth he wants not power nor instruments to execute it, and therefore can easily punish th[illegible: 1+ letters]e as he pleaseth.

Heb. Who shall say? Who will presume or dare to say so? He doth not affirm that it is unlawful to say so, for Samuel said so to Saul, 1 Sam. 15. and Nathan to David, 2 Sam. 12. and several other Prophets to the Kings of Iudah and Israel, but onely that it is difficult and dangerous.