Ecclesiastes 8:3
Be not hasty; you shall go forth out of his presence: stand not in an evil matter; for he will do whatever he shall please,
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
In Context
2Observe the commandment of the king, and that because of the word of the oath of God.
4even as a king having power: and who will say to him, What do you?
Cross References
1 Kings 2:21And she said, Let, I pray you, Abisag the Somanite be given to Adonias your brother to wife.
Proverbs 16:14The anger of a king is a messenger of death; but a wise man will pacify him.
Proverbs 30:31and a cock walking in boldly among the hens, and the goat leading the herd; and a king publicly speaking before a nation.
Isaiah 48:4I know that you are stubborn, and your neck is an iron sinew, and your forehead brazen.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 8:2-6
The Excellence of Wisdom; The Duty of Subjects. 1 Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed. 2 I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God. 3 Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him. 4 Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou? 5 Whoso keepeth the… Read the whole commentary →