Proverbs 25:27
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
It is not good to eat too much honey or to search out one’s own glory.

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

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

Hebrew
It is not
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

good
ט֑וֹב (ṭō·wḇ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good

to eat
אָ֘כֹ֤ל (’ā·ḵōl)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute
Strong's 398: To eat

too much
הַרְבּ֣וֹת (har·bō·wṯ)
Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct
Strong's 7235: To be or become much, many or great

honey
דְּבַ֣שׁ (də·ḇaš)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1706: Honey, syrup

or to search out
וְחֵ֖קֶר (wə·ḥê·qer)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 2714: A searching, a thing (to be) searched out

one’s own glory.
כְּבֹדָ֣ם (kə·ḇō·ḏām)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 3519: Weight, splendor, copiousness

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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