3Do not be in a hurry to leave the king's presence. Do not stand up for a bad cause, for he will do whatever he pleases.


In Context

1 Who is like the wise man? Who knows the explanation of things? Wisdom brightens a man's face and changes its hard appearance.

2 Obey the king's command, I say, because you took an oath before God.

3 Do not be in a hurry to leave the king's presence. Do not stand up for a bad cause, for he will do whatever he pleases.

4 Since a king's word is supreme, who can say to him, "What are you doing?"

5 Whoever obeys his command will come to no harm, and the wise heart will know the proper time and procedure.

Ecclesiastes 8:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:3Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:3Be not hasty to depart from his face, and do not continue in an evil work: for he will do all that pleaseth him:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:3Be not hasty to go out of his presence; persist not in an evil thing: for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:3Be not hasty to go out of his sight; persist not in an evil thing: for he doeth whatever pleaseth him,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:3Be not hasty to go out of his presence; persist not in an evil thing: for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:3Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatever pleaseth him.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:3Don't be hasty to go out of his presence. Don't persist in an evil thing, for he does whatever pleases him,

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:3Be not troubled at his presence, thou mayest go, stand not in an evil thing, for all that he pleaseth he doth.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:3Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he does whatever pleases him.