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Ecclesiastes 8:3
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.
NAS:  "Do not be in a hurry to leave him. Do not join in an evil matter, for he will do whatever he pleases."
KJV:  Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.
GWT:  Don't be in a hurry to leave the king's service. Don't take part in something evil, because he can do whatever he pleases.
ASV:  Be not hasty to go out of his presence; persist not in an evil thing: for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.
BBE:  Be not quick to go from before him. Be not fixed in an evil design, because he does whatever is pleasing to him.
DBY:  Be not hasty to go out of his sight; persist not in an evil thing: for he doeth whatever pleaseth him,
DRB:  Be not hasty to depart from his face, and do not continue in an evil work: for he will do all that pleaseth him:
WBS:  Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatever pleaseth him.
WEB:  Don't be hasty to go out of his presence. Don't persist in an evil thing, for he does whatever pleases him,
YLT:  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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