the Week of Proper 23 / Ordinary 28
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Proverbs 27:1
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Don't brag about tomorrow, since you don't know what the day will bring.
Don't boast yourself of tomorrow; For you don't know what a day may bring forth.
Don't brag about tomorrow; you don't know what may happen then.
Do not boast about tomorrow; for you do not know what a day may bring forth.
Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
Do not boast about tomorrow, For you do not know what a day may bring.
Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
Haue thou not glorie on the morewe, `not knowynge what thing the dai to comynge schal bringe forth.
Boast not thyself of tomorrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
Don't brag about tomorrow! Each day brings its own surprises.
Boast not thyself of tomorrow; For thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
Do not make a noise about tomorrow, for you are not certain what a day's outcome may be.
Don't boast about tomorrow, for you don't know what the day may bring.
Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day will bring forth.
Never brag about what you will do in the future; you have no idea what tomorrow will bring.
Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
Boast not thy selfe of to morrow: for thou knowest not what a day may bring foorth.
Do not talk much about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day will bring.
Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
Boast not thy selfe of to morowe: for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
BOAST not for tomorrow; for you know not what a day may bring forth.
Never boast about tomorrow. You don't know what will happen between now and then.
Do not boast thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
Boast not for to morrow, for thou knowest not what the day to come may bring forth.
Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth.
Make not thy boast of to morowe: for thou knowest not what a day may bring foorth.
These are the miscellaneous instructions of Solomon, which the friends of Ezekias king of Judea copied out.
Don’t boast about tomorrow,
Don't boast about tomorrow; For you don't know what a day may bring forth.
Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what the day will bring.
Do not boast in the day of tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth.
Boast not thyself of to-morrow, For thou knowest not what a day bringeth forth.
Make not thy boost of tomorow, for thou knowest not what maye happen todaye.
Don't brashly announce what you're going to do tomorrow; you don't know the first thing about tomorrow.
Do not boast about tomorrow, For you do not know what a day may bring.
Do not boast about tomorrow, For you do not know what a day may bring forth.
Do not boast about tomorrow, For you do not know what a day may bring forth.
Do not boast about tomorrow,For you do not know what a day may bring forth.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Boast: Psalms 95:7, Isaiah 56:12, Luke 12:19, Luke 12:20, 2 Corinthians 6:2, James 4:13-16
to morrow: Heb. to morrow day
thou: 1 Samuel 28:19
Reciprocal: Genesis 17:23 - circumcised Genesis 27:2 - I know not Exodus 8:10 - To morrow Leviticus 8:32 - General Joshua 4:10 - hasted Judges 19:9 - to morrow 1 Kings 19:2 - to morrow 1 Kings 20:11 - Let not him Esther 5:12 - to morrow Job 1:13 - when Psalms 119:60 - made Proverbs 3:28 - General Acts 12:4 - intending Hebrews 3:7 - To day James 4:16 - General
Cross-References
He didn't recognize him, because his hands were hairy, like his brother, Esau's hands. So he blessed him.
He said, "Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison, that my soul may bless you." He brought it near to him, and he ate. He brought him wine, and he drank.
Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he couldn't see. He brought them near to him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.
It happened at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place (now his eyes had begun to grow dim, so that he could not see),
In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, And the strong men shall bow themselves, And the grinders cease because they are few, And those who look out of the windows are darkened,
Jesus answered, "Neither did this man sin, nor his parents. But, that the works of God might be revealed in him,
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Boast not thyself of tomorrow,.... Or, "of tomorrow day" t. Either of having a tomorrow, or of any future time; no man can assure himself of more than the present time; for, however desirable long life is, none can be certain of it; so says the poet u: for though there is a common term of man's life, threescore years and ten, yet no one can be sure of arriving to it; and, though there may be a human probability of long life, in some persons of hale and strong constitutions, yet there is no certainty, since life is so frail a thing; the breath of man is in his nostrils, which is soon and easily stopped; his life is but as a vapour, which appears for a little while, and then vanishes away; all flesh is as grass, which in the morning flourishes, in the evening is cut down, and on the morrow is cast into the oven: man is like a flower, gay and beautiful for a season, but a wind, an easterly blasting wind, passes over it, and it is gone; his days are as a shadow that declineth towards the evening; they are as a hand's breadth; yea, his age is as nothing before the Lord. Death is certain to all men, as the fruit of sin, by the appointment of God; and there is a certain time fixed for it, which cannot be exceeded; but of that day and hour no man knows; and therefore cannot boast of a moment of future time, or of a tomorrow, nor of what he shall enjoy on the morrow w; for, what he has today he cannot be certain he shall have the next; he cannot assure himself of health and honour, of pleasures, riches, and friends; he may have health today, and sickness tomorrow; be in honour today, and in disgrace on the morrow: he may bid his soul eat, drink, and be merry, seeing he has much goods laid up for many years, and vainly say, tomorrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant, when this night his soul may be required of him; he may have his wife and children, friends and relations, about him now, and before another day comes be stripped of them all; he may be in great affluence, and gave great substance for the present, and in a short time all may be taken from him, as Job's was; riches are uncertain things, they make themselves wings and flee away. Nor should a man boast of what he will do on the morrow; either in civil things, in trade and business; to which the Apostle James applies this passage, James 4:13; or in acts of charity, so Aben Ezra explains it, boast not of an alms deed to be done tomorrow; whatever a man finds to be his duty to do in this respect, he should do it at once, while he has an opportunity: or in things religious; as that he will repent of his sins, and amend his life on the morrow; that he will attend the means of grace, hear the Gospel, the voice of Christ; all which should be to day, and not be put off till tomorrow. Nor should true believers procrastinate the profession of their faith; nor should any duty, or exercise of religion, be postponed to another season; but men should work while it is day, and always abound in the work of the Lord, and be found so doing; see Isaiah 56:12;
for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth; time is like a teeming woman, to which the allusion is, big with something; but what that is is not known till brought forth: as a woman, big with child, knows not what she shall bring forth till the time comes, whether a son or a daughter, a dead or a living child; so the events of time, or what is in the womb of time, are not known till brought forth; these are the secret things which belong to God, which he keeps in his own breast; the times and seasons of things are only in his power, Acts 1:6. We know not what the present day, as the Targum renders it, will bring forth; and still less what tomorrow will do, what changes it will produce in our circumstances, in our bodies and in our minds; so that we cannot be certain what we shall be, what we shall have, or what we shall do, on the morrow, even provided we have one.
t ×××× ××ר "in die crastino", Pagninus, Montanus. u Sophoclis Oedipus Colon. v. 560. "Nemo tam divos habuit faventes, erastinum ut possit sibi polliceri", Senco. Thyest. v. 617, 618. w "Quid sit futurum eras, fuge quaerere", Horat. Carmin. l. 1. Ode 9.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
CHAPTER XXVII
To-morrow is uncertain. Self-praise forbidden. Anger and envy.
Reproof from a friend. Want makes us feel the value of a
supply. A good neighbour. Beware of suretyship. Suspicious
praise. The quarrelsome woman. One friend helps another. Man
insatiable. The incorrigible fool. Domestic cares. The profit
of flocks for food and raiment.
NOTES ON CHAP. XXVII
Verse Proverbs 27:1. Boast not thyself of to-morrow — James 4:13, c. Do not depend on any future moment for spiritual good which at present thou needest, and God is willing to give, and without which, should death surprise thee, thou must be eternally lost such as repentance, faith in Christ, the pardon of sin, the witness of the Holy Spirit, and complete renovation of soul. Be incessant in thy application to God for these blessings.
My old MS. Bible translates thus: Ne glorie thou into the morewenning. Here we see the derivation of our word morning; morewenning, from more, and wen or won, to dwell, i.e., a continuance of time to live or dwell in your present habitation. Every man wishes to live longer, and therefore wishes for to-morrow; and when to-morrow comes, then to-morrow, and so on.
