Ecclesiastes 8:3

אַל ־ תִּבָּהֵל מִפָּנָיו תֵּלֵךְ אַֽל ־ תַּעֲמֹד בְּדָבָר רָע כִּי כָּל ־ אֲשֶׁר יַחְפֹּץ יַעֲשֶֽׂה ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2אֲנִי פִּי ־ מֶלֶךְ שְׁמוֹר וְעַל דִּבְרַת שְׁבוּעַת אֱלֹהִֽים ׃

4בַּאֲשֶׁר דְּבַר ־ מֶלֶךְ שִׁלְטוֹן וּמִי יֹֽאמַר ־ לוֹ מַֽה ־ תַּעֲשֶֽׂה ׃

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Cross References

1 Kings 2:21וַתֹּאמֶר יֻתַּן אֶת ־ אֲבִישַׁג הַשֻּׁנַמִּית לַאֲדֹנִיָּהוּ אָחִיךָ לְאִשָּֽׁה ׃

Proverbs 16:14חֲמַת ־ מֶלֶךְ מַלְאֲכֵי ־ מָוֶת וְאִישׁ חָכָם יְכַפְּרֶֽנָּה ׃

Proverbs 30:31זַרְזִיר מָתְנַיִם אוֹ ־ תָיִשׁ וּמֶלֶךְ אַלְקוּם עִמּֽוֹ ׃

Isaiah 48:4מִדַּעְתִּי כִּי קָשֶׁה אָתָּה וְגִיד בַּרְזֶל עָרְפֶּךָ וּמִצְחֲךָ נְחוּשָֽׁה ׃

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 →

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