⁶^*When you stand before the king, don’t try to impress him and pretend to be important. ⁷^*It is better to be asked to take a higher position than to be told to give your place to someone more important.

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Cross references

*25.6, 7: Lk 14:8–10
*25.6, 7: Lk 14:8–10

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Do not put yourself forward in the king’s presence

or stand in the place of the great,

for it is better to be told, “Come up here,”

than to be put lower in the presence of a noble.

What your eyes have seen

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Do not exalt yourself in the king’s presence,

and do not claim a place among his great men;

it is better for him to say to you, “Come up here,”

than for him to humiliate you before his nobles.

What you have seen with your eyes

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Don’t boast about yourself before the king,

and don’t stand in the place of the great;

for it is better for him to say to you, “Come up here!”

than to demote you in plain view of a noble.

NLTNew Living Translation

Don’t demand an audience with the king

or push for a place among the great.

It’s better to wait for an invitation to the head table

than to be sent away in public disgrace.

Just because you’ve seen something,

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Do not promote yourself before the king,

and in the place of the great ones do not stand.

For it is better that he say to you, “Ascend here,”

than he humble you before a noble.

What your eyes have seen,

KJV 1900King James Version

Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king,

And stand not in the place of great men:

For better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up hither;

Than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince

Whom thine eyes have seen.

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