King James Version (KJV) Authorized Version 1611
Read Full Chapter (Ecclesiastes 8) Ecclesiastes 8:3-4 KJV
"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?"
Ecclesiastes 8:3-4 in Context (Verses 1–7 KJV)
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 commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man’s heart discerneth both time and judgment.*
6
¶ Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him.
7
For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?*