Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
To eat much honey is not good, nor [is] seeking one's honor honorable.
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.
Amplified
It is not good to eat much honey,
Nor is it glorious to seek one’s own glory.
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.
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
Topics
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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
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More Proverbs Of Solomon
26 [Like] a muddied spring or a polluted fountain is the righteous who gives way before the wicked. 27 To eat much honey is not good, nor [is] seeking one's honor honorable. 28 A breached city [where] there is no wall [is like] a man who {has no} self-control for his spirit.
Cross References
Proverbs 27:2
May another praise you and not your own mouth, a stranger and not your own lips.
Proverbs 25:16
[If] you find honey, eat what is sufficient for you, lest you have your fill of it and vomit it out.
John 5:44
How are you able to believe, [if you] accept glory from one another, and do not seek the glory [which is] from the only God?
2 Corinthians 12:1
It is necessary to boast; [it is] not profitable, but I will proceed to visions and revelations of the Lord.
2 Corinthians 12:11
I have become a fool! You compelled me, for I ought to have been commended by you, for [I am] in no way inferior to the preeminent apostles, even if I am nothing.
Philippians 2:3
[Do] nothing according to selfish ambition or according to empty conceit, but in humility considering one another better than yourselves,