Proverbs 31:8 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 Open thy mouth for the dumb, In the cause of all such as are left desolate. Flere versionerKing 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. |
Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; According to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to death;
The righteous taketh knowledge of the cause of the poor: The wicked hath not understanding to know it.
O house of David, thus saith the LORD, Execute judgement in the morning, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
But the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, that they should not give him into the hand of the people to put him to death.
Doth our law judge a man, except it first hear from himself and know what he doeth?
And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, Wherefore should he be put to death? what hath he done?