Commentary for Ecclesiastes 8:2
אֲנִי֙ פִּי־מֶ֣לֶךְ שְׁמ֔וֹר וְעַ֕ל דִּבְרַ֖ת שְׁבוּעַ֥ת אֱלֹהִֽים׃
I [counsel thee]: keep the king’s command, and that in regard of the oath of God.
Rashi on Ecclesiastes
My [advice to you is] keep the King’s command. Therefore, I need to and I am prepared to observe the commandment of the King of the Universe, which is the best of them all.
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Kohelet Rabbah
“I observe the king’s command, and the word of an oath to God” (Ecclesiastes 8:2).
“I observe the king’s command.” Rabbi Levi said: I will observe the word of the King of kings, the Holy One blessed be He, the mouth which said: “I am the Lord your God” (Exodus 20:2); “and the word” – “you shall not have [another god before Me]” (Exodus 20:3); “of an oath” – “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain” (Exodus 20:7).
“I observe the king’s command.” Rabbi Levi said: I will observe the word of the King of kings, the Holy One blessed be He, the mouth which said: “I am the Lord your God” (Exodus 20:2); “and the word” – “you shall not have [another god before Me]” (Exodus 20:3); “of an oath” – “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain” (Exodus 20:7).
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Rashi on Ecclesiastes
And do so because of the oath to God. Which we swore to Him at Choreiv, to keep His commandments.
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