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Proverbs 27:1–2

Do not boast about tomorrow,

yfor you do not know what a day may bring.

Let zanother praise you, and not your own mouth;

a stranger, and not your own lips.

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

Do not boast about tomorrow,

for you do not know what a day may bring.

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

an outsider, and not your own lips.

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

Boast not thyself of to morrow;

For thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

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)

Don’t brag about tomorrow,

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

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)

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

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)

Don’t brag about tomorrow;

you don’t know what may happen then.

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)

Boast not thyself of to-morrow;

For thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

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)

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

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)

Do not brag about tomorrow, 

because you do not know what another day may bring. 

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)

Don’t boast about tomorrow,

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

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)

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.

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

Do not boast about tomorrow,

for you do not know what the day will bring.

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)

Don’t brag about tomorrow.

You don’t know what a day will bring.

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

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

Proverbs 27:1–2 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

Do not boast about tomorrow,

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

Let another praise you, and not your own mouth;

A stranger, and not your own lips.


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