Ecclesiastes 8:3 “Do not hasten to leave his presence, and do not persist in a bad cause…”

Ecclesiastes 8:3

Do not hasten to leave his presence, and do not persist in a bad cause, for he will do whatever he pleases.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Haste not to goe forth of his sight: stand not in an euill thing: for he will doe whatsoeuer pleaseth him.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

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.

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Cross references

“not hasty”

Ecclesiastes 10:4 Proverbs 14:29

Ecclesiastes 10:4 · BSB

If the ruler’s temper flares against you, do not abandon your post, for calmness lays great offenses to rest.

Proverbs 14:29 · BSB

A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man promotes folly.

“stand”

1 Kings 1:50–52 1 Kings 2:21–24 Isaiah 48:4 Jeremiah 44:16 Jeremiah 44:17 Acts 5:8

1 Kings 1:50–52 · BSB

But Adonijah, in fear of Solomon, got up and went to take hold of the horns of the altar.

1 Kings 2:21–24 · BSB

So Bathsheba said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to your brother Adonijah as his wife.”

Isaiah 48:4 · BSB

For I knew that you are stubborn; your neck is iron and your forehead is bronze.

Jeremiah 44:16 · BSB

“As for the word you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we will not listen to you!

Jeremiah 44:17 · BSB

Instead, we will do everything we vowed to do: We will burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and offer drink offerings to her, just as we, our fathers, our kings, and our officials did in the cities of Judah and in the str…

Acts 5:8 · BSB

“Tell me,” said Peter, “is this the price you and your husband got for the land?” “Yes,” she answered, “that is the price.”

“for”

Daniel 4:35 Daniel 5:19 Proverbs 30:31 Proverbs 16:14 Proverbs 16:15

Daniel 4:35 · BSB

All the peoples of the earth are counted as nothing, and He does as He pleases with the army of heaven and the peoples of the earth. There is no one who can restrain His hand or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’”

Daniel 5:19 · BSB

Because of the greatness that He bestowed on him, the people of every nation and language trembled in fear before him. He killed whom he wished and kept alive whom he wished; he exalted whom he wished and humbled whom he…

Proverbs 30:31 · BSB

a strutting rooster; a he-goat; and a king with his army around him.

Proverbs 16:14 · BSB

The wrath of a king is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it.

Proverbs 16:15 · BSB

When a king’s face brightens, there is life; his favor is like a rain cloud in spring.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2Keep the king’s command, I say, because of your oath before God.

4For the king’s word is supreme, and who can say to him, “What are you doing?”

Read Ecclesiastes 8