New Revised Standard Version
Keep the king’s command because of your sacred oath.

Contemporary English Version
If you promised God that you would be loyal to the king, I advise you to keep that promise.

New American Bible
Observe the command of the king, in view of your oath to God.

Douay-Rheims Bible
I observe the mouth of the king, and the commandments of the oath of God.

I observe the mouth of the king, and the commandments of the oath of God.

i counsel

Proverbs 24:21 My son, fear the Lord, and the king: and have nothing to do with detractors.

Romans 13:1-4 Let every soul be subject to higher powers. For there is no power but from God: and those that are ordained of God. . . .

Titus 3:1 Admonish them to be subject to princes and powers, to obey at a word, to be ready to every good work.

1 Peter 2:13-17 Be ye subject therefore to every human creature for God's sake: whether it be to the king as excelling, . . .

in regard

1 Kings 2:43 Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the Lord, and the commandment that I laid upon thee?

1 Chronicles 29:24 And all the princes, and men of power, and all the sons of king David gave their hand, and were subject to Solomon the king.

Ezekiel 17:13-20 And he shall take one of the king's seed, and make a covenant with him, and take an oath of him. Yea, and he shall take away the mighty men of the land, . . .

Romans 13:5 Wherefore be subject of necessity: not only for wrath, but also for conscience' sake.