Proverbs 27:2

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

Let a stranger praise you, and not your own mouth—a foreigner, and not your own lips.

Latin

Laudet te alienus, et non os tuum; extraneus, et non labia tua.

Hebrew

English

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

The Hebrew word for praise comes from the same root as "brag" in Proverbs 27:1. Bragging, or self-praise, is unwise.

Theme notes and profiles

2 Corinthians 10:18
For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.
Proverbs 25:27
It is not good to eat too much honey or to search out one’s own glory.
2 Corinthians 10:12
We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves. When they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they show their ignorance.
2 Corinthians 12:11
I have become a fool, but you drove me to it. In fact, you should have commended me, since I am in no way inferior to those “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.