Proverbs 27:1

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Boast not thyself of to-morrow; For thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אַֽל־תִּ֭תְהַלֵּל בְּי֣וֹם מָחָ֑ר כִּ֤י לֹא־תֵ֝דַ֗ע מַה־יֵּ֥לֶד יֽוֹם׃

Transliteration

ʾal-tithallēl in-yōm māḥār kî lōʾ-tēdaʿ mah-yēled yōm

Grammar Details

*ʾal*: negative particle - do not
*tithallēl*: hithpael imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - boast yourself
*yōm*: masculine singular - day
*māḥār*: adverb - tomorrow
*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*tēdaʿ*: qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - you know
*mah*: interrogative pronoun - what
*yēled*: qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - will bring forth/beget

Word Meanings

*tithallēl*: boast yourself/praise yourself/glory
*māḥār*: tomorrow/in the future
*tēdaʿ*: know/understand/perceive
*yēled*: will bring forth/will beget/will birth

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Jas 4:13-16 : 13 Come now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into this city, and spend a year there, and trade, and get gain: 14 whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. {G1063} What is your life? For ye are a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. 15 For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall both live, and do this or that. 16 But now ye glory in your vauntings: all such glorying is evil.
Luke 12:19-20 : 19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry. 20 But God said unto him, Thou foolish one, this night is thy soul required of thee; and the things which thou hast prepared, whose shall they be?
Ps 95:7 : 7 For he is our God, And we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To-day, oh that ye would hear his voice!
Isa 56:12 : 12 Come ye, [say they], I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to-morrow shall be as this day, [a day] great beyond measure.
2 Cor 6:2 : 2 (for he saith, At an acceptable time I hearkened unto thee, And in a day of salvation did I succor thee: behold, now is the acceptable time; behold, now is the day of salvation):
1 Sam 28:19 : 19 Moreover Jehovah will deliver Israel also with thee into the hand of the Philistines; and to-morrow shalt thou and thy sons be with me: Jehovah will deliver the host of Israel also into the hand of the Philistines.

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