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It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.
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It is not good to eat much honey; So for men to search out their own glory is grievous.
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The eating of much honey is not good, Nor a searching out of one's own honour--honour.
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It is not good to eat much honey; and to search into weighty matters is [itself] a weight.
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It is not good to eate much hony: so to search their owne glory is not glory.
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It is not good to eat much honey, so for men to search out their own glory is grievous.
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It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.
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It is not good to take much honey: so he who is not looking for honour will be honoured.
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It is not good to eat too much honey or to search out one’s own glory.
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It is not good to eat much honey; so for men to search out their own glory is not glory.
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[It is] not good to eat much honey, so [for men] to search their own glory [is not] glory.
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It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.
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To eat much honey is not good, nor is seeking one’s honor1 honorable.
  1. Hebrew “their honor”
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It is not good to eat much honey, and to search out their glory is not glory.
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It is not good to eat much honey; so for men to search their own glory is not glory.
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It is not good to eat much honey; nor is it honorable to seek one's own honor.
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It is not good to eat much honey; nor is it honorable to seek one's own honor.
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It is not good to eat much honey; nor is it honorable to seek one's own honor.
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To eat much honey is not good; So the search of high things is weariness.
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It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.
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It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.
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To eat honey in abundance, is not good, nor is, searching out their own honour, an honourable thing.
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It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.
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It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.
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[It is] not good to eat much honey: so [for men] to search their own glory [is not] glory.

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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.
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Just as whoever eats too much honey, it is not good for him, so also whoever is an investigator of what is majestic will be overwhelmed by glory.1
  1. 25:27Majesty: Viz., of God. For to search into that incomprehensible Majesty, and to pretend to sound the depths of the wisdom of God, is exposing our weak understanding to be blinded with an excess of light and glory, which it cannot comprehend.(Challoner)

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

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