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Ecclesiastes 8:3 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Ecclesiastes 8:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 8:313 words
HebrewMeaning
אַלʾal
may notparticleH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
תִּבָּהֵ֤לtibāhēl
you be hastyverbH926
amazed · dismayed · rash) · (be ···
מִ/פָּנָי/ו֙mipānāyw
from before himpronH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
תֵּלֵ֔ךְtēlēkə
awayverbH3212
again · bear · bring · carry ···
אַֽלʾal
may notparticleH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
תַּעֲמֹ֖דtaʿămōd
you standverbH5975
appoint · arise · cease · confirm ···
בְּ/דָבָ֣רbədābār
in a matterpronH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
רָ֑עrāʿ
eviladjH7451
affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···
כִּ֛יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
כָּלkāl
allnounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
אֲשֶׁ֥רʾăšer
thatparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
יַחְפֹּ֖ץyaḥəpōṣ
he will desireverbH2654
any at all · take) delight · desire · favour ···
יַעֲשֶֽׂהyaʿăśeh
he will doverbH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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