Proverbs Chapter 27 verse 1 Holy Bible

ASV Proverbs 27:1

Boast not thyself of tomorrow; For thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
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BBE Proverbs 27:1

Do not make a noise about tomorrow, for you are not certain what a day's outcome may be.
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DARBY Proverbs 27:1

Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day will bring forth.
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KJV Proverbs 27:1

Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
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WEB Proverbs 27:1

Don't boast about tomorrow; For you don't know what a day may bring forth.
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YLT Proverbs 27:1

Boast not thyself of to-morrow, For thou knowest not what a day bringeth forth.
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Proverbs 27 : 1 Bible Verse Songs

Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerses 1-6. - These verses are grouped in pairs, each two being connected in subject. Verse 1. - Boast not thyself of tomorrow. He boasts himself (Proverbs 25:14) of tomorrow who counts upon it presumptuously, settles that he will do this or that, as if his life was in his own power, and he could make sure of time. This is blindness and arrogance. For thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. Our Lord gave a lesson on this matter in the parable of the rich fool (Luke 12.); and an analogous warning, based on our verse, is given by St. James (James 4:13, etc.). On this topic moralists and poets are always dilating. Very familiar are the words of Horace ('Carm.,' 4:7, 17) - "Quis scit, an adjiciant hodiernae crastina summaeTempora di superi?" Euripides, 'Alc.,' 783 - Οὐκ ἔστι θνητῶν ὅστις ἐξεπίσταταιΤὴν αὔριον μέλλουσαν εἰ βιώσεταιΤὸ τῆςτύχης γὰρ ἀφανὲς οῖ προβήσεταιΚἄστ οὐ διδακτόν οὐδ ἁλίσκεται τέχνη Every day in thy life, says the Arab, "is a leaf in thy history." Seneca wrote ('Thyest.,' 621) - "Nemo tam divos habuit faventesCrastinum ut possit sibi pelliceri,Res deus nostras celeri citatasTurbine versat." There is the adage, "Nescis quid serus vesper vehat." The LXX. has, as at ch. 3:28, "Thou knowest not what the next day (ἡ ἐπιοῦσα) shall bring forth." (For the expression, ἡ ἐπιοῦσα, comp. Acts 7:26; Acts 16:11.)

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English ReadersXXVII.(1) Boast not thyself of to-morrow.--This is forbidden also in James 4:13, sqq.; but there on the higher ground that it argues a want of submission to the will of Almighty God. This temper of mind, as well as the opposite one of too great anxiety for the morrow (Matthew 6:34), proceed from the same cause, too much dependence upon self, and are only to be met by learning to realise the love of God for His children (ibid., 26, 30, 33), and looking up to Him daily for protection, guidance, and support.