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Proverbs 27:2

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

A stranger, and not your own lips.

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

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

an outsider, and not your own lips.

Proverbs 27:2 — English Standard Version (ESV)

Let another praise you, and not your own mouth;

a stranger, and not your own lips.

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

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

A stranger, and not thine own lips.

Proverbs 27:2 — New Living Translation (NLT)

Let someone else praise you, not your own mouth—

a stranger, not your own lips.

Proverbs 27:2 — New Century Version (NCV)

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

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

Proverbs 27:2 — American Standard Version (ASV)

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

A stranger, and not thine own lips.

Proverbs 27:2 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

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

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

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

from a stranger and not from your own lips. 

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

Let another praise you, and not your own mouth—

a stranger, and not your own lips.

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

Let another praise you, and not your own mouth—

a stranger, and not your own lips.

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

May another praise you and not your own mouth,

a stranger and not your own lips.

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

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

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

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

Let another praise you, and not your own mouth;

A stranger, and not your own lips.


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