Proverbs 27:2
Modern Translations
New International Version
Let someone else praise you, and not your own mouth; an outsider, and not your own lips.

New Living Translation
Let someone else praise you, not your own mouth— a stranger, not your own lips.

English Standard Version
Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.

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

New American Standard Bible
Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; A stranger, and not your own lips.

NASB 1995
Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; A stranger, and not your own lips.

NASB 1977
Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; A stranger, and not your own lips.

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

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Let another praise you, and not your own mouth-- a stranger, and not your own lips.

Contemporary English Version
Don't brag about yourself--let others praise you.

Good News Translation
Let other people praise you--even strangers; never do it yourself.

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.

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.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.

New King James Version
Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; A stranger, and not your own lips.

King James 2000 Bible
Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Webster's Bible Translation
Let another man praise thee, and not thy own mouth; a stranger, and not thy own lips.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Let another man prayse thee, and not thine owne mouth: a stranger, and not thine owne lips.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Let another man prayse thee, and not thyne owne mouth, yea other folkes, and not thyne owne lippes.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Let another ma prayse the, & not thine owne mouth: yee other folkes lippes, and not thyne.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Let another praise you, and not your own mouth, "" A stranger, and not your own lips.

Young's Literal Translation
Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth, A stranger, and not thine own lips.

Smith's Literal Translation
A stranger shall praise thee, and not thy mouth; a stranger, and not thy lips.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Let another praise thee, and not thy own mouth: a stranger, and not thy own lips.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Let another praise you, and not your own mouth: an outsider, and not your own lips.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Let a stranger praise you, and not your own mouth, and another, and not your own lips.

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

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; A stranger, and not thine own lips.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Let thy neighbour, and not thine own mouth, praise thee; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
















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