Ecclesiastes 8:4

“Where the word of a king [is, there is] power, etc.] Or “dominion”f195. Authority goes along with his word of command; and there is an inferior magistracy, a subordinate power under him, ready to execute his will upon the rebellious and disobedient. Jarchi interprets it, the word of the holy blessed God; and the Targum, the word of that King who rules over all the world; where his word of doctrine comes, not in word only, it is with power: his written word is quick and powerful; the word of his Gospel preached is the power of God to salvation; or is accompanied with power to enlighten dark minds, quicken dead sinners, unstop deaf ears, soften hard hearts, and deliver men from the slavery of…”

“God's very "word" is "power." So the gospel word (Rom 1:16; Heb 4:12). who may say, &c.-- (Job 9:12; Job 33:13; Isa 45:9; Dan 4:35). Scripture does not ascribe such arbitrary power to earthly kings.”

“the word: Kg1 2:25, Kg1 2:29-34, Kg1 2:46; Pro 19:12, Pro 20:2, Pro 30:31; Dan 3:15; Luk 12:4, Luk 12:5; Rom 13:1-4 What: Job 33:12, Job 33:13, Job 34:18, Job 34:19; Rom 9:20 Ecclesiastes 8:5”

“"Inasmuch as the word of a king is powerful; and who can say to him: What doest thou?" The same thing is said of God, Job 9:12; Isa 45:9; Dan 4:32, Wisd. 12:12, but also of the king, especially of the unlimited monarch of a despotic state. Baasher verifies as בּשׁ at Ecc 2:16; cf. Gen 39:9, Gen 39:23; Greek, ἐν ᾧ and ἐφ ̓ ᾧ. Burger arbitrarily: quae dixit (דּבּר for דּבר), rex, in ea potestatem habet. The adjectival impers. use of the noun shilton = potestatem habens, is peculiar; in the Talm. and Midrash, shilton, like the Assyr. siltannu, (Note: Vid., Fried. Delitzsch's Assyr. Stud. p. 129f.) means the ruler (vid., under Ecc 5:8). That which now follows is not, as Hitzig supposes,…”