NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon Let another manzuwr (zoor) to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be a foreigner, strange, profane; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery praise halal (haw-lal') to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence, to make a show, to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causatively, to celebrate; also to stultify thee and not thine own mouth peh (peh) the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to a stranger nokriy (nok-ree') strange, in a variety of degrees and applications (foreign, non-relative, adulterous, different, wonderful) -- alien, foreigner, outlandish, strange(-r, woman). and not thine own lips saphah (saw-faw') the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.) Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; A stranger, and not your own lips. King James Bible Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips. Holman Christian Standard 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. NET Bible Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; someone else, and not your own lips. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Let a stranger praise you, and not your own mouth, and another, and not your own lips. GOD'S WORD® Translation Praise should come from another person and not from your own mouth, from a stranger and not from your own lips. King James 2000 Bible Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips. Links Proverbs 27:2Proverbs 27:2 NIV Proverbs 27:2 NLT Proverbs 27:2 ESV Proverbs 27:2 NASB Proverbs 27:2 KJV |