Ecclesiastes 8:3
Good News Translation
The king can do anything he likes, so depart from his presence; don't stay in such a dangerous place.

New Revised Standard Version
Do not be terrified; go from his presence, do not delay when the matter is unpleasant, for he does whatever he pleases.

Contemporary English Version
Don't quickly oppose the king or argue when he has already made up his mind.

New American Bible
Be not hasty to withdraw from the king; do not persist in an unpleasant situation, for he does whatever he pleases.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Be not hasty to depart from his face, and do not continue in an evil work: for he will do all that pleaseth him:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Be not hasty to depart from his face, and do not continue in an evil work: for he will do all that pleaseth him:

not hasty

Ecclesiastes 10:4 If the spirit of him that hath power, ascend upon thee, leave not thy place: because care will make the greatest sins to cease.

Proverbs 14:29 He that is patient, is governed with much wisdom: but he that is impatient, exalteth his folly.

stand

1 Kings 1:50-52 And Adonias fearing Solomon, arose and went, and took hold of the horn of the altar. . . .

1 Kings 2:21-24 And she said: Let Abisag, the Sunamitess, be given to Adonias, thy brother, to wife. . . .

Isaiah 48:4 For I knew that thou art stubborn, and thy neck is as an iron sinew, and thy forehead as brass.

Jeremiah 44:16,17 As for the word which thou hast spoken to us in the name of the Lord, we will not hearken to thee: . . .

Acts 5:8,9 And Peter said to her: Tell me, woman, whether you sold the land for so much? And she said: Yea, for so much. . . .

for

Proverbs 16:14,15 The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: and the wise man will pacify it. . . .

Proverbs 30:31 A cock girded about the loins: and a ram: and a king, whom none can resist.

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Daniel 5:19 And for the greatness that he gave to him, all people, tribes, and languages trembled, and were afraid of him: whom he would, he slew: and whom he would, he destroyed: and whom he would, he set up: and whom he would, he brought down.

Context
Obey the King
2I observe the mouth of the king, and the commandments of the oath of God. 3Be not hasty to depart from his face, and do not continue in an evil work: for he will do all that pleaseth him:4And his word is full of power: neither can any man say to him: Why dost thou so?…
Cross References
Genesis 47:9
He answered: The days of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty years, few, and evil, and they are not come up to the days of the pilgrimage of my fathers.

Ecclesiastes 10:4
If the spirit of him that hath power, ascend upon thee, leave not thy place: because care will make the greatest sins to cease.

Ecclesiastes 8:2
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