Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
Be not quick to go from before him. Be not fixed in an evil design, because he does whatever is pleasing to him.
New American Standard Bible
Do not be in a hurry
King James Version
Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.
Holman Bible
Do not be in a hurry; leave his presence,
International Standard Version
Don't be in a hurry to leave him, and don't persist in evil, for he does whatever he pleases.
A Conservative Version
Be not hasty to go out of his presence. Persist not in an evil matter, for he does whatever pleases him.
American Standard Version
Be not hasty to go out of his presence; persist not in an evil thing: for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.
Amplified
Do not be in a hurry to get out of his presence. Do not join in a malevolent matter, for the king will do whatever he pleases.
Darby Translation
Be not hasty to go out of his sight; persist not in an evil thing: for he doeth whatever pleaseth him,
Julia Smith Translation
Thou shalt not hasten going from his face: thou shalt not stand by the word of evil; for he shall do all that he will desire.
King James 2000
Be not hasty to go out of his presence: stand not for an evil thing; for he does whatsoever pleases him.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Do not be terrified of his presence! Go at once and do not delay when a matter [is] unpleasant, for he can do anything that he desires.
Modern King James verseion
Do not be hasty to leave his presence. Do not take a stand in an evil thing, for he does whatever pleases him.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Be not hasty to go out of his sight, and see thou continue in no evil thing: for whatsoever it pleaseth him, that doeth he.
NET Bible
Do not rush out of the king's presence in haste -- do not delay when the matter is unpleasant, for he can do whatever he pleases.
New Heart English Bible
Do not be hasty to go out of his presence. Do not persist in an evil thing, for he does whatever pleases him,
The Emphasized Bible
Not rashly from his presence, shouldst thou go: do not take thy stand in a vexatious thing, - for, whatsoever he pleaseth, he will do.
Webster
Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatever pleaseth him.
World English Bible
Don't be hasty to go out of his presence. Don't persist in an evil thing, for he does whatever pleases him,
Youngs Literal Translation
Be not troubled at his presence, thou mayest go, stand not in an evil thing, for all that he pleaseth he doth.
Interlinear
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References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ecclesiastes 8:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Obedience To The King
2 I say to you, Keep the king's law, from respect for the oath of God. 3 Be not quick to go from before him. Be not fixed in an evil design, because he does whatever is pleasing to him. 4 The word of a king has authority; and who may say to him, What is this you are doing?
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Cross References
Ecclesiastes 10:4
If the wrath of the ruler is against you, keep in your place; in him who keeps quiet even great sins may be overlooked.
1 Kings 1:50-52
And Adonijah himself was full of fear because of Solomon; and he got up and went to the altar, and put his hands on its horns.
1 Kings 2:21-24
And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother for a wife.
Proverbs 14:29
He who is slow to be angry has great good sense; but he whose spirit is over-quick gives support to what is foolish.
Proverbs 16:14-15
The wrath of the king is like those who give news of death, but a wise man will put peace in place of it.
Proverbs 30:31
The war-horse, and the he-goat, and the king when his army is with him.
Isaiah 48:4
Because I saw that your heart was hard, and that your neck was an iron cord, and your brow brass;
Jeremiah 44:16-17
As for the word which you have said to us in the name of the Lord, we will not give ear to you.
Daniel 4:35
And all the people of the earth are as nothing: he does his pleasure in the army of heaven and among the people of the earth: and no one is able to keep back his hand, or say to him, What are you doing?
Daniel 5:19
And because of the great power he gave him, all peoples and nations and languages were shaking in fear before him: some he put to death and others he kept living, at his pleasure, lifting up some and putting others down as it pleased him.
Acts 5:8-9
And Peter said to her, Give me an answer: was this amount of money the price of the land? And she said, Yes, it was.