My Son, Be Wise

27 Do(A) not boast about tomorrow,
For you do not know what a day may bring forth.

(B)Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth;
A stranger, and not your own lips.

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27 Do not boast about tomorrow,[a]
    for you do not know what the day will bring.
May another praise you and not your own mouth,
    a stranger and not your own lips.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 27:1 Literally “on the day of tomorrow”