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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.