Parallel Verses
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 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.
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.
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.
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
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Ecclesiastes 8:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Obedience To The King
2 Obey the king's command, because you took an oath before God to be loyal to him. 3 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. 4 Surely the king's authority is absolute; no one can say to him, "What are you doing?"
Names
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 10:4
If the anger of the ruler flares up against you, do not resign from your position, for a calm response can undo great offenses.
1 Kings 1:50-52
Adonijah feared Solomon, so he got up and went and grabbed hold of the horns of the altar.
1 Kings 2:21-24
She said, "Allow Abishag the Shunammite to be given to your brother Adonijah as a wife."
Proverbs 14:29
The one who is slow to anger has great understanding, but the one who has a quick temper exalts folly.
Proverbs 16:14-15
A king's wrath is like a messenger of death, but a wise person appeases it.
Proverbs 30:31
a strutting rooster, a male goat, and a king with his army around him.
Isaiah 48:4
I did this because I know how stubborn you are. Your neck muscles are like iron and your forehead like bronze.
Jeremiah 44:16-17
"We will not listen to what you claim the Lord has spoken to us!
Daniel 4:35
All the inhabitants of the earth are regarded as nothing. He does as he wishes with the army of heaven and with those who inhabit the earth. No one slaps his hand and says to him, 'What have you done?'
Daniel 5:19
Due to the greatness that he bestowed on him, all peoples, nations, and language groups were trembling with fear before him. He killed whom he wished, he spared whom he wished, he exalted whom he wished, and he brought low whom he wished.
Acts 5:8-9
Peter said to her, "Tell me, were the two of you paid this amount for the land?" Sapphira said, "Yes, that much."