Other translations
New Catholic Bible
Do not praise anyone who has not yet spoken, since this is the way men are tested.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Do not praise anyone before he speaks, for this is the way people are tested.
Good News Translation®
Never praise anyone before you hear him talk; that is the real test.
Wycliffe Bible
Praise thou not a man before a word fully ended; for why this is the temptation, that is, (the) proving, of men.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Do not praise a man before you hear him reason, for this is the test of men.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Do not praise anyone before he speaks, for this is the way people are tested.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
Do not praise anyone before he speaks, for this is the way people are tested.
Common English Bible © 2011
Don’t praise people until after they present an argument, for this is how people are tested.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Praise no one before he speaks, for it is then that people are tested.
Revised Standard Version
Do not praise a man before you hear him reason, for this is the test of men.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
Do not praise anyone before he speaks, for this is the way people are tested.