Verse List for PROV 27:2

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OET (OET-RV) Let some other person praise you, rather than your own mouth— ⇔ ≈ someone from out of town and not your own lips.

OET-LV Let_him _praise _you a _stranger and_not mouth _of_your _own a _foreigner and_not lips _of_your _own.

ULT Let a stranger praise you and not your mouth, ⇔ a foreigner and not your lips.

UST Do not praise yourself; let someone else praise you. ⇔  Indeed, let other people praise you, not yourself.

BSB & MSB Let another praise you, and not your own mouth— ⇔  a stranger, and not your own lips.

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE & WMBB Let another man praise you, ⇔  and not your own mouth; ⇔  a stranger, and not your own lips.

NET Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; ⇔ someone else, and not your own lips.

LSV Let another praise you, and not your own mouth,
A stranger, and not your own lips.

FBV Let others praise you, not you yourself; someone else, not you personally.

T4T ⇔  Do not praise yourself [MTY, PRS]; allow others to praise you. ⇔  If someone else praises you, that is okay.

LEB • May another praise you and not your own mouth,
• a stranger and not your own lips.

BBE Let another man give you praise, and not your mouth; one who is strange to you, and not your lips.

Moff Let others praise you, not yourself: ⇔  not your own lips, but someone else.

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

ASV Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; ⇔ A stranger, and not thine own lips.

DRA Let another praise thee, and not thy own mouth: a stranger, and not thy own lips.

YLT Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth, A stranger, and not thine own lips.

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

RV Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
(Let another man praise thee/you, and not thine/your own mouth; a stranger, and not thine/your own lips.)

SLT A stranger shall praise thee, and not thy mouth; a stranger, and not thy lips.

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

KJB-1769 Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
(Let another man praise thee/you, and not thine/your own mouth; a stranger, and not thine/your own lips.)

KJB-1611 Let another man praise thee, and not thine owne mouth; a stranger, and not thine owne lips.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps Let another man prayse thee, and not thyne owne mouth, yea other folkes, and not thyne owne lippes.
(Let another man praise thee/you, and not thine/your own mouth, yea other folks/people, and not thine/your own lips.)

Gnva Let another man prayse thee, and not thine owne mouth: a stranger, and not thine owne lips.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Cvdl Let another ma prayse the, & not thine owne mouth: yee other folkes lippes, and not thyne.
(Let another man praise them, and not thine/your own mouth: ye/you_all other folks/people lips, and not thine/your.)

Wycl Another man, and not thi mouth preise thee; a straunger, and not thi lippis `preise thee.
(Another man, and not thy/your mouth praise thee/you; a stranger, and not thy/your lips praise thee/you.)

Luth Laß dich einen andern loben und nicht deinen Mund, einen Fremden und nicht deine eigenen Lippen.
(Let you/yourself a change praise and not your(s) mouth, a strangers and not your own lips.)

ClVg Laudet te alienus, et non os tuum; extraneus, et non labia tua.
(Laudet you(sg) foreign, and not/no mouth your(sg); stranger, and not/no lips your.)

UHB יְהַלֶּלְ⁠ךָ֣ זָ֣ר וְ⁠לֹא־פִ֑י⁠ךָ נָ֝כְרִ֗י וְ⁠אַל־שְׂפָתֶֽי⁠ךָ׃ ‡

BrLXX Ἐγκωμιαζέτω σε ὁ πέλας καὶ μὴ τὸ σὸν στόμα, ἀλλότριος καὶ μὴ τὰ σὰ χείλη.

BrTr Let thy neighbour, and not thine own mouth, praise thee; a stranger, and not thine own lips.