Proverbs 30:32 - Tree of Life Version If you have acted foolishly, exalting yourself, or if you have planned evil, put your hand over your mouth. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, Or if thou hast thought evil, Lay thy hand upon thy mouth. Common English Bible If you’ve been foolish and arrogant, if you’ve been scheming, put your hand to your mouth, Catholic Public Domain Version 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 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. |
“Indeed, I am unworthy— what can I reply to You? I put my hand over my mouth.
Even a fool, who keeps quiet, is considered wise, discerning, if he seals his lips.
Do you see one wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than him.
a strutting rooster, a male-goat, and a king with his army around him.
Now we know that whatever the Torah says, it says to those within the Torah, so that every mouth may be shut and the whole world may become accountable to God.