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Douay-Rheims
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Be not hasty to depart from his face, and do not continue in an evil work: for he will do all that pleaseth him:
King James
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Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.
Louis Second
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Ne te hâte pas de t'éloigner de lui, et ne persiste pas dans une chose mauvaise: car il peut faire tout ce qui lui plaît
Martin Luther
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Eile nicht, zu gehen von seinem Angesicht, und bleibe nicht in böser Sache; denn er tut, was ihn gelüstet.
Vulgate
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ne festines recedere a facie eius neque permaneas in opere malo quia omne quod voluerit faciet

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary


ne : (conj.) that .. not, in order that .. not, in order not to.
in : (+ acc.) into, toward, against.
in : (+ abl.) in.
malo : to choose, prefer.
malo : mallui : malus : to choose, prefer.
quia : because.
quod : (neut. sing. acc.) (the sea), WHICH you cannot drink dry.
quod : (+ comparative) the x the better (quod celior = the faster the.
quod : (beginning sentence) and, but, now.
quod : (neut. sing. nom.) (the war), WHICH killed so many.
quod : (with time) since, as far as, to the extent that.
quod : because, whereas, the point that, the fact that.