It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
It is not good to eat much honey; Sofor mento search out their own glory is grievous.
WEB
It is not good to eat too much honey or to search out one’s own glory.
YLT
The eating of much honey is not good, Nor a searching out of one's own honour--honour.
DBT
It is not good to eat much honey; and to search into weighty matters is [itself] a weight.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentProverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.
- Author
- Solomon principally (1:1; chs 10–22:16 and 25–29 explicitly); Agur (ch 30); Lemuel's mother (ch 31:1–9); editorial compilation by Hezekiah's men (25:1).
- Date
- Solomon's reign c. 970–930 BC; Hezekiah's editorial layer c. 715–687 BC.