Do not be in a hurry [a](A)to leave him. Do not join in an evil matter, for he will do whatever he pleases.” Since the word of the king is authoritative, (B)who will say to him, “What are you doing?”

He who (C)keeps a royal command (D)experiences no [b]trouble, for a wise heart knows the proper time and procedure.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 8:3 Lit to go out from his presence
  2. Ecclesiastes 8:5 Lit evil thing