Proverbs 31:8 - King James Version - American Edition Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 die;
God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.
The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.
Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.
O house of David, thus saith the Lord; Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
Nevertheless, the hand of Ahi´kam 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 any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?
And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, Wherefore shall he be slain? what hath he done?