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Douay-Rheims
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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.
King James
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It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.
Louis Second
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Il n'est pas bon de manger beaucoup de miel, Mais rechercher la gloire des autres est un honneur
Martin Luther
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Wer zu viel Honig isset, das ist nicht gut; und wer schwere Dinge forschet, dem wird's zu schwer.
Vulgate
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sicut qui mel multum comedit non est ei bonum sic qui scrutator est maiestatis opprimitur gloria

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary


sicut : as, just as, as it were, (+verb in subj.) just as if.
qui : quae : que : quod : which, what, that.
qui : (masc. pl. nom.) Let THOSE (men) WHO have eyes to see..
qui : (masc. neut. nom.) (the prince) WHO loved a milkmaid.
qui : (question) how? in what way? / somehow / wherewith.
multum : much, greatly.
non : not.
sic : so, thus /yes, that is so, that is right.
gloria : fame, renown, glory.