Pengkhotbah 8:4

8:4 Surely the king’s authority ¹  is absolute; ² 

no one can say ³  to him, “What are you doing?”

Pengkhotbah 10:5

10:5 I have seen another ⁴  misfortune ⁵  on the earth: ⁶ 

It is an error a ruler makes. ⁷ 

[8:4]  ¹ tn Heb “word.”

[8:4]  ² tn Heb “supreme.”

[8:4]  ³ tn Heb “Who can say…?”

[10:5]  ⁴ tn The term “another” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation to indicate that this is not the first “misfortune” described by the Teacher. See 5:13, 16; 6:1-2.

[10:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “an evil.”

[10:5]  ⁶ tn Heb “under the sun.”

[10:5]  ⁷ tn Heb “like an error that comes forth from the presence of a ruler.”