Proverbs 27:1–2

Warnings and Instructions

1 aDo not boast about tomorrow,

For you bdo not know what a day may bring forth.

2 Let aanother praise you, and not your own mouth;

A stranger, and not your own lips.

Proverbs 27:1–2 — The New International Version (NIV)

1 Do not boast about tomorrow,

for you do not know what a day may bring.

2 Let someone else praise you, and not your own mouth;

an outsider, and not your own lips.

Proverbs 27:1–2 — English Standard Version (ESV)

1 Do not boast about tomorrow,

for you do not know what a day may bring.

2 Let another praise you, and not your own mouth;

a stranger, and not your own lips.

Proverbs 27:1–2 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

1 Boast not thyself of to morrow; For thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. 2 Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; A stranger, and not thine own lips.

Proverbs 27:1–2 — New Living Translation (NLT)

1 Don’t brag about tomorrow,

since you don’t know what the day will bring.

2 Let someone else praise you, not your own mouth—

a stranger, not your own lips.

Proverbs 27:1–2 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

1 Do not boast about tomorrow, For you do not know what a day may bring forth.

2 Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth;

A stranger, and not your own lips.

Proverbs 27:1–2 — New Century Version (NCV)

1 Don’t brag about tomorrow;

you don’t know what may happen then.

2 Don’t praise yourself. Let someone else do it.

Let the praise come from a stranger and not from your own mouth.

Proverbs 27:1–2 — American Standard Version (ASV)

1 Boast not thyself of to-morrow;

For thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

2 Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth;

A stranger, and not thine own lips.

Proverbs 27:1–2 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

1 Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day will bring forth.

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

Proverbs 27:1–2 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

1 Do not brag about tomorrow,

because you do not know what another day may bring.

2 Praise should come from another person and not from your own mouth,

from a stranger and not from your own lips.

Proverbs 27:1–2 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

1 Don’t boast about tomorrow,

for you don’t know what a day might bring.

2 Let another praise you, and not your own mouth—

a stranger, and not your own lips.

Proverbs 27:1–2 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

1 Do not boast about tomorrow,

for you do not know what a day may bring.

2 Let another praise you, and not your own mouth—

a stranger, and not your own lips.

Proverbs 27:1–2 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

1 Do not boast about tomorrow,

for you do not know what the day will bring.

2 May another praise you and not your own mouth,

a stranger and not your own lips.

Proverbs 27:1–2 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

1 Don’t brag about tomorrow.

You don’t know what a day will bring.

2 Let another person praise you, and not your own mouth.

Let someone else praise you, and not your own lips.

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