Ecclesiastes 8:3
▸ Hear this chapter, lit word by wordBe not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.
— Ecclesiastes 8:3, King James Version
In other translations
World English Bible (WEB)
Don't be hasty to go out of his presence. Don't persist in an evil thing, for he does whatever pleases him,
American Standard Version (ASV)
Be not hasty to go out of his presence; persist not in an evil thing: for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
Be not troubled at his presence, thou mayest go, stand not in an evil thing, for all that he pleaseth he doth.