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Proverbs 25:27

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

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אָ֘כֹ֤לakholeatאָכַלverb, qal, infinitive absolute — “eat”, the verb used for emphasisH398to eat (literally or figuratively)[idiom] at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, [idiom] freely, [idiom] in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, [idiom] quite.דְּבַ֣שׁdevashhoneyדְּבַשׁnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “honey”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1706honey (from its stickiness); by analogy, syruphoney(-comb).הַרְבּ֣וֹתharbotincreaseרָבָהverb, hiphil, infinitive construct — “increase”, the to-form of the verbH7235to increase (in whatever respect)(bring in) abundance ([idiom] -antly), [phrase] archer (by mistake for H7232 (רָבַב)), be in authority, bring up, [idiom] continue, enlarge, excel, exceeding(-ly), be full of, (be, make) great(-er, -ly, [idiom] -ness), grow up, heap, incre…לֹאlono , -r,לֹאparticle, negative — “no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…ט֑וֹבtovgoodטוֹבadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “good”, the ordinary formH2896good (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, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, [idiom] fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, [idiom] most, pleasant,…וְחֵ֖קֶרvecheqerand finding outחֵקֶרconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “and finding out”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2714examination, enumeration, deliberationfinding out, number, (un-) search(-able, -ed, out, -ing).כְּבֹדָ֣םkevodamgloriousכָּבוֹדnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “glorious”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3519properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousnessglorious(-ly), glory, honour(-able).כָּבֽוֹדkavodgloriousכָּבוֹדnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “glorious”, the ordinary formH3519properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousnessglorious(-ly), glory, honour(-able).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

It is not good to eat much honey; So for men to search out their own glory is grievous.

Young’s Literal Translation

The eating of much honey is not good, Nor a searching out of one's own honour — honour.

World English Bible

It is not good to eat much honey, nor is it honorable to seek one’s own honor.

Darby Translation

It is not good to eat much honey; and to search into weighty matters is [itself] a weight.

Douay-Rheims

As it is not good for a man to eat much honey, so he that is a searcher of majesty, shall be overwhelmed by glory.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

It is not good to eat much honey; but it is right to honour venerable sayings.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐσθίειν μέλι πολὺ οὐ καλὸν, τιμᾷν δὲ χρὴ λόγους ἐνδόξους.