Proverbs 27:2
1 Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
Let another praise you, and not your own mouth— a stranger, and not your own lips.
3 A stone is heavy and sand is a burden, but aggravation from a fool outweighs them both.
4 Wrath is cruel and anger is like a flood, but who can withstand jealousy?
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Let another praise you, and not your own mouth— a stranger, and not your own lips.
- KJV
- Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
- WEB
- Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.
- ASV
- Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; A stranger, and not thine own lips.
- DARBY
- Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
- BLB
- Let a stranger praise you, and not your own mouth—a foreigner, and not your own lips.
- ÅB
- La en annen rose deg og ikke din egen munn, en fremmed og ikke dine egne lepper!
- OTB
- La andre rose deg, og ikke din egen munn; la det være en fremmed, og ikke dine egne lepper.
- B1930
- La en annen rose dig og ikke din egen munn, en fremmed og ikke dine egne leber!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Corinthians 10:18
For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.
Read in contextProverbs 25:27
It is not good to eat too much honey or to search out one’s own glory.
Read in context2 Corinthians 10:12
We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves. When they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they show their ignorance.
Read in context2 Corinthians 12:11
I have become a fool, but you drove me to it. In fact, you should have commended me, since I am in no way inferior to those “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.
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