City officials stopped talking and covered their mouths with their hands.
Proverbs 31:8 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Speak up for those who have no voice, , for the justice of all who are dispossessed. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Open thy mouth for the dumb In the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Open your mouth for the dumb [those unable to speak for themselves], for the rights of all who are left desolate and defenseless; [I Sam. 19:4; Esth. 4:16; Job 29:15, 16.] American Standard Version (1901) Open thy mouth for the dumb, In the cause of all such as are left desolate. Common English Bible Speak out on behalf of the voiceless, and for the rights of all who are vulnerable. Catholic Public Domain Version Open your mouth for the mute and for all the cases of the sons who are passing through. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Open thy mouth for the dumb, and for the causes of all the children that pass. |
City officials stopped talking and covered their mouths with their hands.
Wisdom is inaccessible to a fool; he does not open his mouth at the city gate.
The righteous person knows the rights of the poor, but the wicked one does not understand these concerns.
Let him drink so that he can forget his poverty and remember his trouble no more.
House of David, this is what the Lord says: Administer justice every morning, and rescue the victim of robbery from his oppressor, or my anger will flare up like fire and burn unquenchably because of your evil deeds.
But Ahikam son of Shaphan supported Jeremiah, so he was not handed over to the people to be put to death.
‘Our law doesn’t judge a man before it hears from him and knows what he’s doing, does it? ’
Jonathan answered his father, ‘Why is he to be killed? What has he done? ’