Ecclesiastes 8:3
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Be not hasty to depart from his face, and do not continue in an evil work: for he will do all that pleaseth him:

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.

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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?…
Lexicon
Do not
אַל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 408: Not

hasten
תִּבָּהֵ֤ל (tib·bā·hêl)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 926: To tremble inwardly, be, alarmed, agitated, to hasten anxiously

to leave
תֵּלֵ֔ךְ (tê·lêḵ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1980: To go, come, walk

his presence,
מִפָּנָיו֙ (mip·pā·nāw)
Preposition-m | Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face

and do not
אַֽל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 408: Not

persist
תַּעֲמֹ֖ד (ta·‘ă·mōḏ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5975: To stand, in various relations

in a bad
רָ֑ע (rā‘)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7451: Bad, evil

cause,
בְּדָבָ֣ר (bə·ḏā·ḇār)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

for
כִּ֛י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

he will do
יַעֲשֶֽׂה׃ (ya·‘ă·śeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make

whatever
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

he wants.
יַחְפֹּ֖ץ (yaḥ·pōṣ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2654: To incline to, to bend, to be pleased with, desire


Additional Translations
Do not hasten to leave his presence, and do not persist in a bad cause, for he will do whatever he wants.Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he does whatever pleases him.

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

Be not hasty; thou shalt go forth out of his presence: stand not in an evil matter; for he will do whatsoever he shall please,

Be not hasty to go out of his sight; persist not in an evil thing: for he doeth whatever pleaseth him,

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

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

Don't be hasty to go out of his presence. Don't persist in an evil thing, for he does whatever pleases him,

Be not troubled at his presence, thou mayest go, stand not in an evil thing, for all that he pleaseth he doth.
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