Verse List for PROV 25:27

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OET (OET-RV) It isn’t good to eat too much honey, ⇔ and nor is trying to make yourself look good.

OET-LV To _eat honey _of much not is_good and_the _searching _of their _own _honour _of_their is_an _honour.

ULT To eat much honey, is not good, ⇔ also the searching out, of their honor, honor.

UST As it is not good to eat too much honey; ⇔  so it is not honorable to try to make people honor you.

BSB & MSB It is not good to eat too much honey ⇔  or to search out one ’s own glory.

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE & WMBB It is not good to eat much honey, ⇔  nor is it honourable to seek one’s own honour.

NET It is not good to eat too much honey, ⇔ nor is it honorable for people to seek their own glory.

LSV The eating of much honey is not good,
Nor a searching out of one’s own honor—honor.

FBV It's not good to eat too much honey, or to want too much praise.[fn]

T4T ⇔  It is not good to eat too much honey, ⇔  and trying to get people to praise you is also not good.

LEB • To eat much honey is not good,
• nor is seeking one’s honor[fn] honorable.

BBE It is not good to take much honey: so he who is not looking for honour will be honoured.

Moff It is bad to indulge overmuch in honey; ⇔  so be sparing of your compliments.

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

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

DRA 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.

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

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

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

SLT To eat much honey is not good: and to seek out their honor, not honor.

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

KJB-1769 It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.

KJB-1611 It is not good to eat much hony: so for men to search their owne glory, is not glory.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps As it is not good to eate to muche honye, so curiously to searche the glory of heauenly thinges, is not commendable.
(As it is not good to eat to much honeye, so curiously to search the glory of heavenly things, is not commondable.)

Gnva It is not good to eate much hony: so to search their owne glory is not glory.
(It is not good to eat much honey: so to search their own glory is not glory.)

Cvdl Like as it is not good to eate to moch hony, euen so he that wyll search out hye thynges, it shal be to heuy for him.
(Like as it is not good to eat to much honey, even so he that will search out high things, it shall be to heavy for him.)

Wycl As it is not good to hym that etith myche hony; so he that is a serchere of maieste, schal be put doun fro glorie.
(As it is not good to him that eateth/eats much honey; so he that is a serchere of mayest/maye, shall be put down from glory.)

Luth Wer zu viel Honig isset, das ist nicht gut; und wer schwere Dinge forschet, dem wird‘s zu schwer.
(Who to/for many honey eating, the is not good; and who heavy/difficult things research(v), to_him it_will to/for difficult/heavy.)

ClVg Sicut qui mel multum comedit non est ei bonum, sic qui scrutator est majestatis opprimetur a gloria.[fn]
(Like who/which honey a_lot he_ate not/no it_is to_him good, so who/which scrutator it_is majesty opprimetur from glory.)

UHB אָ֘כֹ֤ל דְּבַ֣שׁ הַרְבּ֣וֹת לֹא־ט֑וֹב וְ⁠חֵ֖קֶר כְּבֹדָ֣⁠ם כָּבֽוֹד׃ ‡

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

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