Proverbs 27:2
Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
KJV
Laudet te alienus, et non os tuum ; extraneus, et non labia tua.
Vulgate
ἐγκωμιαζέτω σε ὁ πέλας καὶ μὴ τὸ σὸν στόμα, ἀλλότριος καὶ μὴ τὰ σὰ χείλη.
LXX
Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; A stranger, and not thine own lips.
ASV
יְהַלֶּלְ/ךָ֣ זָ֣ר וְ/לֹא פִ֑י/ךָ נָ֝כְרִ֗י וְ/אַל שְׂפָתֶֽי/ךָ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אַל
'l
preposition · 720×
הוּ
hv
verb · 163×
זָ֑ר
zr
verb · 76×
י
y
noun · 496×
י
y
noun · 177×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
נָכְרִיָּֽה
nkryh
adjective · 46×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 2Cor 10:12 — For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wi
- 2Cor 10:12 — For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wi
- 2Cor 10:18 — For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.
- 2Cor 10:18 — For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.
- 2Cor 11:30 — If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities.
- 2Cor 12:11 — I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing.
- 2Sam 15:4 — Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man which hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice!
- John 5:31 — If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.
- Prov 20:6 — Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?
- Prov 25:6 — Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men:
- Prov 25:27 — It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.
- Prov 25:27 — It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.