Proverbs 27:2

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Proverbs 27:2

Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Let another praise you, and not your own mouth;
A stranger, and not your own lips.

King James Version

Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.

Holman Bible

Let another praise you, and not your own mouth—
a stranger, and not your own lips.

International Standard Version

Let someone else praise you, not your own mouth; a stranger, and never your own lips.

A Conservative Version

Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth, a stranger, and not thine own lips.

American Standard Version

Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; A stranger, and not thine own lips.

Amplified

Let another praise you, and not your own mouth;
A stranger, and not your own lips.

Bible in Basic English

Let another man give you praise, and not your mouth; one who is strange to you, and not your lips.

Darby Translation

Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.

Julia Smith Translation

A stranger shall praise thee, and not thy mouth; a stranger, and not thy lips.

King James 2000

Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.

Lexham Expanded Bible

May another praise you and not your own mouth, a stranger and not your own lips.

Modern King James verseion

Let another man praise you, and not your mouth; a stranger, and not your lips.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; yea, other folk's lips and not thine.

NET Bible

Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; someone else, and not your own lips.

New Heart English Bible

Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.

The Emphasized Bible

Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth, a stranger, and not thine own lips.

Webster

Let another man praise thee, and not thy own mouth; a stranger, and not thy own lips.

World English Bible

Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.

Youngs Literal Translation

Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth, A stranger, and not thine own lips.

Themes

Ostentation » In prayer and almsgiving

Praise » Not praising yourself

Topics

Interlinear

English(KJV)

Strong's

Root Form

Definition

Usage

Let another man

H2114

זוּר
Zuwr

stranger, strange, estranged, stranger , another, strange woman, gone away, fanners, another place

Usage: 77

praise

H1984

הלל
Halal

praise, glory, boast, mad, shine, foolish, fools, commended, rage, celebrate, give, marriage, renowned

Usage: 165

thee, and not thine own mouth

H6310

פּה
Peh

mouth, commandment, edge, according, word, hole, end, appointment, portion, tenor, sentence,

Usage: 497

a stranger

H5237

נכרי
Nokriy

stranger, strange, alien, strange woman, foreigner, outlandish, stranger

Usage: 46

Devotionals

Devotionals containing Proverbs 27:2

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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 27:2

Prayers for Proverbs 27:2

Prayer Of Gratitude For My Friends

Verse Info

Bible Rank: 18408
Proverbs Rank: 573
6 Topics
2 Themes
4 Cross References
2 Readings
Interlinear
1 Devotional
1 Reference
1 Prayers

Context Readings

¹ Do not brag about tomorrow for you do not know what a day may bring. ² Let another praise you, and not your own mouth;
A stranger, and not your own lips.
³ A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's anger is heavier than them both.

Cross References

Proverbs 25:27

It is not good to eat too much honey. To seek ones own glory is not glory.

2 Corinthians 10:18

It is not he that commends himself that is approved. It is the one whom Jehovah commends. (Proverbs 29:26)

2 Corinthians 10:12

For we are not bold to number or compare ourselves with certain of them that commend themselves. But they measure themselves by themselves, and compare themselves with themselves. They are without understanding.

2 Corinthians 12:11

I have become a fool in boasting. You have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended about you: for in nothing am I inferior to the most prominent apostles, though I am nothing.