Proverbs 31:8 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁸ Open thy mouth for the dumb, In the cause of all such as are left desolate.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ Open thy mouth for the dumb In the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ 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)

⁸ Open thy mouth for the dumb, In the cause of all such as are left desolate.

Common English Bible

⁸ Speak out on behalf of the voiceless, and for the rights of all who are vulnerable.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ 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

⁸ Open thy mouth for the dumb, and for the causes of all the children that pass.

Proverbs 31:8 Cross References

Job 29:9

The princes refrained talking, And laid their hand on their mouth;

Psalm 79:11

Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; According to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to death;

Psalm 82:1

God standeth in the congregation of God; He judgeth among the gods.

Proverbs 24:7

Wisdom is too high for a fool: He openeth not his mouth in the gate.

Proverbs 29:7

The righteous taketh knowledge of the cause of the poor: The wicked hath not understanding to know it.

Proverbs 31:7

Let him drink, and forget his poverty, And remember his misery no more.

Jeremiah 21:12

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.

Jeremiah 26:24

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.

John 7:51

Doth our law judge a man, except it first hear from himself and know what he doeth?

1 Samuel 20:32

And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, Wherefore should he be put to death? what hath he done?