Proverbs 30:32

In 10 translations

BSB

If you have foolishly exalted yourself or if you have plotted evil, put your hand over your mouth.

KJV

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

WEB

“If you have done foolishly in lifting up yourself, or if you have thought evil, put your hand over your mouth.

ASV

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

LSV

If you have been foolish in lifting yourself up, || And if you have devised evil—hand to mouth!

YLT

If thou hast been foolish in lifting up thyself, And if thou hast devised evil — hand to mouth!

DBY

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

DRC

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.

GNV

If thou hast bene foolish in lifting thy selfe vp, and if thou hast thought wickedly, lay thine hand vpon thy mouth.

JPS

If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast planned devices, lay thy hand upon thy mouth.

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WLC

אִם־נָבַ֥לְתָּ בְהִתְנַשֵּׂ֑א וְאִם־זַ֝מּ֗וֹתָ יָ֣ד לְפֶֽה׃

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Cross-references most cited first

• Job 21:5Look at me and be appalled; put your hand over your mouth.
• Job 40:4“Behold, I am insignificant. How can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth.
• Proverbs 26:12Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
• Micah 7:16–17Nations will see and be ashamed, deprived of all their might. They will put their hands over their mouths, and their ears will become deaf. They will lick the dust like a snake, like reptiles slithering on the ground.…
• Romans 3:19Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
• Proverbs 17:28Even a fool is considered wise if he keeps silent, and discerning when he holds his tongue.
• Ecclesiastes 8:3–4Do not hasten to leave his presence, and do not persist in a bad cause, for he will do whatever he pleases. For the king’s word is supreme, and who can say to him, “What are you doing?”

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