Parallel Verses

Webster

Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men:

New American Standard Bible

Do not claim honor in the presence of the king,
And do not stand in the place of great men;

King James Version

Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men:

Holman Bible

Don’t brag about yourself before the king,
and don’t stand in the place of the great;

International Standard Version

Don't magnify yourself in the presence of a king, and don't pretend to be in the company of famous men,

A Conservative Version

Put not thyself forward in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men.

American Standard Version

Put not thyself forward in the presence of the king, And stand not in the place of great men:

Amplified


Do not be boastfully ambitious and claim honor in the presence of the king,
And do not stand in the place of great men;

Bible in Basic English

Do not take glory for yourself before the king, and do not put yourself in the place of the great:

Darby Translation

Put not thyself forward in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of the great;

Julia Smith Translation

Thou shalt not show thyself proud before the king, and thou shalt not stand in the place of the great.

King James 2000

Put not forth yourself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men:

Lexham Expanded Bible

Do not promote yourself before the king, and in the place of the great ones do not stand.

Modern King James verseion

Do not put yourself forth in the presence of the king, and do not stand in the place of the great;

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and prease not into the place of great men.

NET Bible

Do not honor yourself before the king, and do not stand in the place of great men;

New Heart English Bible

Do not exalt yourself in the presence of the king, or claim a place among great men;

The Emphasized Bible

Do not honour thyself before a king, nor, in the place of great men, do thou stand;

World English Bible

Don't exalt yourself in the presence of the king, or claim a place among great men;

Youngs Literal Translation

Honour not thyself before a king, And in the place of the great stand not.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Put not forth
הדר 
Hadar 
Usage: 7

thyself in the presence
פּנים 
Paniym 
Usage: 2119

of the king
מלך 
melek 
Usage: 2521

not in the place
מקמה מקומה מקם מקום 
Maqowm 
Usage: 401

of great
גּדל גּדול 
Gadowl 
Usage: 528

References

American

Easton

Context Readings

More Proverbs Of Solomon

5 Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness. 6 Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men: 7 For better it is that it be said to thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldst be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thy eyes have seen.


Cross References

Proverbs 25:27

It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.

Proverbs 27:2

Let another man praise thee, and not thy own mouth; a stranger, and not thy own lips.

Exodus 3:11

And Moses said to God, Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?

1 Samuel 9:20-22

And as for thy asses that were lost three days ago, set not thy mind on them; for they are found. And on whom is all the desire of Israel? Is it not on thee, and on all thy father's house?

1 Samuel 15:17

And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thy own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointed thee king over Israel?

1 Samuel 18:18-23

And David said to Saul, Who am I? and what is my life, or my father's family in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king?

2 Samuel 7:8-17

Now therefore so shalt thou say to my servant David, thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheep-cote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:

Psalm 131:1

A Song of degrees of David. LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor my eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me.

Proverbs 16:19

Better it is to be of a humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.

Jeremiah 1:6-10

Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.

Amos 7:12-15

Also Amaziah said to Amos, O thou seer, go flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there:

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