Ecclesiastes 8:3
Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אוּץ
ʼûwts
to press; (by implication) to be close, hurry, withdraw
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
עַיִן
ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
עָמַד
ʻâmad
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
רַע
raʻ
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
דָּבָר
dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
כֹּל
kôl
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
טוֹב
ṭôwb
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good...
Key Terms in This Verse
טוֹב ṭôwb
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goo...
Study H2896 →כֹּל kôl
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
Study H3605 →עָמַד ʻâmad
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
Study H5975 →עַיִן ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
Study H5869 →דָּבָר dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Study H1697 →יָלַךְ yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
Study H3212 →Cross References
If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.
He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto h...
And for the majesty that he gave him, all people, nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he set up; and whom ...
A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against whom there is no rising up.
Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;
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