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Proverbs 27:2

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2Let a astranger praise you, and not your own mouth;

A foreigner, and not your own lips.

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Cross references

  1. aProv 25:27; 2 Cor 10:12, 18; 12:11

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Let another praise you, and not your own mouth;

a stranger, and not your own lips.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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

an outsider, and not your own lips.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Let another praise you, and not your own mouth—

a stranger, and not your own lips.

NLTNew Living Translation

Let someone else praise you, not your own mouth—

a stranger, not your own lips.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

May another praise you and not your own mouth,

a stranger and not your own lips.

KJV 1900King James Version

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

A stranger, and not thine own lips.