Ecclesiastes 8:3 - The Scriptures 1998

³ Do not be in a hurry to go from his presence. Do not take a stand in an evil matter, for he does whatever he pleases.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ Be not panic-stricken and hasty to get out of his presence. Persist not in an evil thing, for he does whatever he pleases.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

³ Don’t be dismayed; leave his presence. Don’t linger in a harmful situation because he can do whatever he wants!

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ You should not hastily withdraw from his presence, nor should you remain in an evil work. For all that pleases him, he will do.

Ecclesiastes 8:3 Cross References

Genesis 47:9

And Yaʽ

Proverbs 14:29

He who is patient has great understanding, But he who is short of spirit exalts folly.

Proverbs 24:21

My son, fear יהוה  and the sovereign; Do not mingle with those who change;

Proverbs 30:31

A greyhound, and a male goat, And a sovereign whose army is with him.

Ecclesiastes 10:4

If the spirit of the ruler rises against you, do not leave your post, for calmness lays to rest great faults.

Isaiah 48:4

“Because I knew that you were hard, and your neck was an iron sinew, and your forehead bronze,

Daniel 4:35

And all the inhabitants of the earth are of no account, and He does as He wishes with the host of the heavens and among the inhabitants of the earth. And there is none to strike against His hand or say to Him, “What have You done?”

Daniel 5:19

“And because of the greatness which He gave him, all peoples, nations, and languages trembled and feared before him. Whomever he wished he executed, and whomever he wished he kept alive, and whomever he wished he raised up, and whomever he wished he made low.