The Meaning of Proverbs 27:2 Explained

Proverbs 27:2

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

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

Darby: Let another 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.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Proverbs 27:2?

MEANING: What does Proverbs 27:2 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Proverbs 27:2 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Proverbs 27:2?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Proverbs 27:2 Mean?

Context Summary

Proverbs 27:1-22 - "hearty Counsel"
The keyword in this paragraph is friends, Proverbs 27:6; Proverbs 27:9-10; Proverbs 27:14; Proverbs 27:17; Proverbs 19:1-29. Friends, according to the original sense of the Hebrew word, are those who delight in each other's companionship. Either they are useful to each other because the one possesses gifts that the other lacks, or they have certain tastes in common.
It is in friendship that we get to know ourselves, as a man sees his face in the mirror of calm water, Proverbs 27:19. We unfold to each other; our friend elicits traits of which we were hardly aware. Our sympathy and tenderness are drawn forth by our friend's troubles, as our laughter flashes out to awaken or to answer his high spirits. We shudder to think what cold and undeveloped beings we should be without the sharpening of friendship, Proverbs 27:17. How sweet human friendships are! Proverbs 27:9. Why not find equal confidence and sweetness in the greatest Friend of all? Of course, there is a friendship "which is wholly hypocritical and worthless." Such a friendship is marked by loud and ostentatious demonstration. See Proverbs 27:14. Ponder Christ's offer, John 15:14-15. [source]

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 27

1  observations of self love
5  of true love
11  of care to avoid offenses
23  and of the household care

What do the individual words in Proverbs 27:2 mean?

Let praise you another man and not your own mouth a stranger and not your own lips
יְהַלֶּלְךָ֣ זָ֣ר וְלֹא־ פִ֑יךָ נָ֝כְרִ֗י וְאַל־ שְׂפָתֶֽיךָ

יְהַלֶּלְךָ֣  Let  praise  you 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, third person masculine singular, second person masculine singular
Root: הָלַל 
Sense: to shine.
זָ֣ר  another  man 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: זוּר 
Sense: to be strange, be a stranger.
וְלֹא־  and  not 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
פִ֑יךָ  your  own  mouth 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: פֶּה  
Sense: mouth.
נָ֝כְרִ֗י  a  stranger 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: נָכְרִי  
Sense: foreign, alien.
וְאַל־  and  not 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb
Root: אַל  
Sense: not, no, nor, neither, nothing (as wish or preference).
שְׂפָתֶֽיךָ  your  own  lips 
Parse: Noun, fdc, second person masculine singular
Root: שָׂפָה  
Sense: lip, language, speech, shore, bank, brink, brim, side, edge, border, binding.

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