What does Ecclesiastes 8:3 mean?
ESV: Be not hasty to go from his presence. Do not take your stand in an evil cause, for he does whatever he pleases.
NIV: Do not be in a hurry to leave the king’s presence. Do not stand up for a bad cause, for he will do whatever he pleases.
NASB: Do not be in a hurry to leave him. Do not join in an evil matter, for he will do whatever he pleases.'
CSB: Do not be in a hurry; leave his presence, and don’t persist in a bad cause, since he will do whatever he wants.
NLT: Don’t try to avoid doing your duty, and don’t stand with those who plot evil, for the king can do whatever he wants.
KJV: Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.
NKJV: Do not be hasty to go from his presence. Do not take your stand for an evil thing, for he does whatever pleases him.”
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