Parallel Verses
Amplified
It is not good to eat much honey,
Nor is it glorious to seek one’s own glory.
New American Standard Bible
Nor is it glory to
King James Version
It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.
Holman Bible
or to seek glory after glory.
International Standard Version
To eat too much honey isn't good; and neither is it honorable to seek one's own glory.
A Conservative Version
It is not good to eat much honey, so [for men] to search out their own glory is grievous.
American Standard Version
It is not good to eat much honey: So for men to search out their own glory is grievous.
Bible in Basic English
It is not good to take much honey: so he who is not looking for honour will be honoured.
Darby Translation
It is not good to eat much honey; and to search into weighty matters is itself a weight.
Julia Smith Translation
To eat much honey is not good: and to seek out their honor, not honor.
King James 2000
It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search out their own glory is not glory.
Lexham Expanded Bible
To eat much honey is not good, nor [is] seeking one's honor honorable.
Modern King James verseion
It is not good to eat much honey; so for men to search their own glory is not glory.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Like as it is not good to eat too much honey; even so, he that will search out high things, it shall be too heavy for him.
NET Bible
It is not good to eat too much honey, nor is it honorable for people to seek their own glory.
New Heart English Bible
It is not good to eat much honey; nor is it honorable to seek one's own honor.
The Emphasized Bible
To eat honey in abundance, is not good, nor is, searching out their own honour, an honourable thing.
Webster
It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.
World English Bible
It is not good to eat much honey; nor is it honorable to seek one's own honor.
Youngs Literal Translation
The eating of much honey is not good, Nor a searching out of one's own honour -- honour.
Themes
Eating » Admonitions concerning eating
Exaltation » Of self » Self-exaltation, the folly of
Food » Grace before » Admonitions concerning eating
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References
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 25:27
Prayers for Proverbs 25:27
Verse Info
Context Readings
More Proverbs Of Solomon
26
Like a muddied fountain and a polluted spring
Is a righteous man who yields and compromises his integrity before the wicked.
It is not good to eat much honey,
Nor is it glorious to seek one’s own glory.
Like a city that is broken down and without walls [leaving it unprotected]
Is a man who has no self-control over his spirit [and sets himself up for trouble].
Cross References
Proverbs 27:2
Let another praise you, and not your own mouth;
A stranger, and not your own lips.
Proverbs 25:16
Have you found [pleasure sweet like] honey? Eat only as much as you need,
Otherwise, being filled excessively, you vomit it.
John 5:44
2 Corinthians 12:1
It is necessary to boast, though nothing is gained by it; but I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord.
2 Corinthians 12:11
Now I have become foolish; you have forced me [by questioning my apostleship]. Actually I should have been commended by you [instead of being treated disdainfully], for I was not inferior to those
Philippians 2:3
Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit [through factional motives, or strife], but with [an attitude of] humility [being neither arrogant nor self-righteous], regard others as more important than yourselves.