Proverbs 25:27
Text Analysis
Strong'sHebrewEnglishMorphology
398 [e]אָ֘כֹ֤ל
’ā-ḵōl
To eatV-Qal-InfAbs
1706 [e]דְּבַ֣שׁ
də-ḇaš
honeyN-msc
7235 [e]הַרְבּ֣וֹת
har-bō-wṯ
muchV-Hifil-Inf
3808 [e]לֹא־
lō-
notAdv-NegPrt
2896 [e]ט֑וֹב
ṭō-wḇ;
[it is] goodAdj-ms
2714 [e]וְחֵ֖קֶר
wə-ḥê-qer
so to seekConj-w | N-msc
3519 [e]כְּבֹדָ֣ם
kə-ḇō-ḏām
one's own gloryN-msc | 3mp
3519 [e]כָּבֽוֹד׃
kā-ḇō-wḏ.
[is not] gloryN-ms





















Hebrew Texts
משלי 25:27 Hebrew OT: Westminster Leningrad Codex
אָ֘כֹ֤ל דְּבַ֣שׁ הַרְבֹּ֣ות לֹא־טֹ֑וב וְחֵ֖קֶר כְּבֹדָ֣ם כָּבֹֽוד׃

משלי 25:27 Hebrew OT: WLC (Consonants Only)
אכל דבש הרבות לא־טוב וחקר כבדם כבוד׃

משלי 25:27 Paleo-Hebrew OT: WLC (Font Required)
אכל דבש הרבות לא־טוב וחקר כבדם כבוד׃

משלי 25:27 Hebrew Bible
אכל דבש הרבות לא טוב וחקר כבדם כבוד׃

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
It is not good to eat much honey, Nor is it glory to search out one's own glory.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
It is not good to eat too much honey or to seek glory after glory.
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