Proverbs 27:1

King James 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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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Jas 4:13-16 : 13 Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain: 14 Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. 15 For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will , we shall live, and do this, or that. 16 But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing 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, and be merry. 20 But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
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 if ye will 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, and much more abundant.
2 Cor 6:2 : 2 (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)
1 Sam 28:19 : 19 Moreover the LORD will also deliver Israel with thee into the hand of the Philistines: and to morrow shalt thou and thy sons be with me: the LORD also shall deliver the host of Israel into the hand of the Philistines.

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