the princes refrained from talking, and laid their hand on their mouth;
Proverbs 31:8 - Revised Standard Version Open your mouth for the dumb, for the rights of all who are left desolate. 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. |
the princes refrained from talking, and laid their hand on their mouth;
Let the groans of the prisoners come before thee; according to thy great power preserve those doomed to die!
God has taken his place in the divine council; in the midst of the gods he holds judgment:
Wisdom is too high for a fool; in the gate he does not open his mouth.
A righteous man knows the rights of the poor; a wicked man does not understand such knowledge.
let them drink and forget their poverty, and remember their misery no more.
O house of David! Thus says the Lord: “ ‘Execute justice in the morning, and deliver from the hand of the oppressor him who has been robbed, lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn with none to quench it, because of your evil doings.’ ”
But the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah so that he was not given over to the people to be put to death.
“Does our law judge a man without first giving him a hearing and learning what he does?”
Then Jonathan answered Saul his father, “Why should he be put to death? What has he done?”