Proverbs 27 · Verse 2

Proverbs 27:2

Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
Proverbs 27:2, King James Version

Proverbs 27:2 in other translations

BSBLet another praise you, and not your own mouth— a stranger, and not your own lips.
WEBLet another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.
ASVLet another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; A stranger, and not thine own lips.
YLTLet another praise thee, and not thine own mouth, A stranger, and not thine own lips.
DARBYLet another praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
BBELet another man give you praise, and not your mouth; one who is strange to you, and not your lips.
WebsterLet another man praise thee, and not thy own mouth; a stranger, and not thy own lips.

What does Proverbs 27:2 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
2. Avoid self-praise.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 2 Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth - We have a similar proverb, which illustrates this: "Self-praise is no commendation."

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
There may be occasion for us to justify ourselves, but not to praise ourselves.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Proverbs 27:2 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

יְהַלֶּלְךָ֣ye.ha.lel.Khamay he praise youH1984
זָ֣רzara strangerH2114
וְלֹא\־ve.lo'-and notH3808
פִ֑יךָFi.khaown mouth yourH6310
נָ֝כְרִ֗יna.khe.Ria foreignerH5237
וְאַל\־ve.'al-and may notH408
שְׂפָתֶֽיךָ\׃se.fa.Tei.khaown lips yourH8193

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Proverbs 27:2

  • 2 Corinthians 10:18

    For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.

  • Proverbs 25:27

    It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.

  • 2 Corinthians 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 wise.

  • 2 Corinthians 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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
25:27; 2Co 10:12,18; 12:11

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Proverbs 27:1

    Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

  • Proverbs 27:2

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

  • Proverbs 27:3

    A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both.

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Proverbs 27:2 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Alábete el extraño, y no tu boca; el ajeno, y no tus labios.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Qu’un autre te loue, et non ta bouche, – un étranger, et non tes lèvres.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Es rühme dich ein anderer und nicht dein Mund, ein Fremder und nicht deine Lippen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Laudet te alienus, et non os tuum; extraneus, et non labia tua.