King James Version
Ecclesiastes 8:3 in the King James Version says “Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.” — study this verse from Ecclesiastes chapter 8 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.”
Ecclesiastes 8:3 · KJV
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. the boldness: Heb. the strength
I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God.
Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.
Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?
Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man's heart discerneth both time and judgment. shall: Heb. shall know
KJV Study — Public Domain
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
“Be not hasty”
H926to tremble inwardly (or palpitate), i.e., (figuratively) be (causative, make) (suddenly) alarmed or agitated; by implication to hasten anxiously
“of his sight”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
“stand”
H5975to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
“thing”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“whatsoever pleaseth”
H2654properly, to incline to; by implication (literally but rarely) to bend; figuratively, to be pleased with, desire
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