Proverbs 30:32 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

³² If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³² If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, Or if thou hast thought evil, Lay thine hand upon thy mouth.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³² If you have done foolishly in exalting yourself, or if you have thought evil, lay your hand upon your mouth. [Job 21:5; 40:4.]

American Standard Version (1901)

³² If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, Or if thou hast thought evil, Lay thy hand upon thy mouth.

Common English Bible

³² If you’ve been foolish and arrogant, if you’ve been scheming, put your hand to your mouth,

Catholic Public Domain Version

³² There is one who has appeared foolish, after he was lifted up on high; for if he had understood, he would have placed his hand over his mouth.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³² There is that hath appeared a fool after he was lifted up on high: for if he had understood, he would have laid his hand upon his mouth.

Proverbs 30:32 Cross References

Job 21:5

Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.

Job 40:4

Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.

Proverbs 17:28

Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.

Proverbs 26:12

Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him.

Proverbs 30:31

a greyhound; a he goat also; and a king, against whom there is no rising up.

Romans 3:19

Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.