PRO 27:2 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Ἐγκωμιαζέτω σε ὁ πέλας καὶ μὴ τὸ σὸν στόμα, ἀλλότριος καὶ μὴ τὰ σὰ χείλη.
(Egkōmiazetō se ho pelas kai maʸ to son stoma, allotrios kai maʸ ta sa ⱪeilaʸ. )

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

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 someone who does not know you praise you, not yourself.

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

OEB Let another mouth praise you, not yours –
⇔ the lips of some other, not yours.

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

WMBB (Same as above)

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 • 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.

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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.

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 folkes, and not thine/your own lippes.)

Gnva Let another man prayse thee, and not thine owne mouth: a stranger, and not thine owne lips.
(Let another man praise thee/you, and not thine/your own mouth: a stranger, and not thine/your own lips. )

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 folkes lippes, and not thyne.)

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

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

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

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

יְהַלֶּלְ⁠ךָ֣ זָ֣ר וְ⁠לֹא־פִ֑י⁠ךָ נָ֝כְרִ֗י וְ⁠אַל־שְׂפָתֶֽי⁠ךָ

praise,you another and=not mouth,your_own stranger and,not lips,your_own

Solomon is leaving out some of the words in the second clause that a sentence would need in many languages to be complete. If it would be helpful in your language, you could supply these words from the first clause. Alternate translation: “Let a stranger praise you and not your mouth; let a foreigner praise you and not your lips”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

יְהַלֶּלְ⁠ךָ֣ זָ֣ר וְ⁠לֹא־פִ֑י⁠ךָ נָ֝כְרִ֗י וְ⁠אַל־שְׂפָתֶֽי⁠ךָ

praise,you another and=not mouth,your_own stranger and,not lips,your_own

These two clauses mean basically the same thing. The second emphasizes the meaning of the first by repeating the same idea with different words. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could connect the phrases with a word that shows that the second phrase is repeating the first one, not saying something additional. Alternate translation: “Let a stranger praise you and not your mouth; yes, let a foreigner praise you and not your lips”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

זָ֣ר & נָ֝כְרִ֗י

another & stranger

Here, a stranger and a foreigner refer to unfamiliar people in general, not specific people. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use more natural expressions. Alternate translation: “any stranger … any foreigner” or “any other person … any outsider”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

פִ֑י⁠ךָ & שְׂפָתֶֽי⁠ךָ

mouth,your_own & lips,your_own

In this verse, mouth and lips refer to the whole person. See how you translated the same use of mouth in 4:5 and lips in 23:16.

Parallel PRO 27:2