Proverbs 31:8

In 10 translations

BSB

Open your mouth for those with no voice, for the cause of all the dispossessed.

KJV

Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.such…: Heb. the sons of destruction

WEB

Open your mouth for the mute, in the cause of all who are left desolate.

ASV

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

LSV

Open your mouth for the mute, || For the right of all sons of change.

YLT

Open thy mouth for the dumb, For the right of all sons of change.

DBY

Open thy mouth for the dumb, for the cause of all those that are left desolate.

DRC

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

GNV

Open thy mouth for the domme in the cause of all the children of destruction.

JPS

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

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Original-language editions

WLC

פְּתַח־פִּ֥יךָ לְאִלֵּ֑ם אֶל־דִּ֝֗ין כָּל־בְּנֵ֥י חֲלֽוֹף׃

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

• Psalms 82:3–4Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; uphold the rights of the afflicted and oppressed. Rescue the weak and needy; save them from the hand of the wicked.
• Proverbs 24:11–12Rescue those being led away to death, and restrain those stumbling toward the slaughter. If you say, “Behold, we did not know about this,” does not He who weighs hearts consider it? Does not the One who guards your…
• Esther 4:13–16he sent back to her this reply: “Do not imagine that because you are in the king’s palace you alone will escape the fate of all the Jews. For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will…
• Job 29:12–17because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper. The dying man blessed me, and I made the widow’s heart sing for joy. I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; justice was my robe and my…
• Jeremiah 26:24Nevertheless, Ahikam son of Shaphan supported Jeremiah, so he was not handed over to the people to be put to death.
• Jeremiah 38:7–10Now Ebed-melech the Cushite, a court official in the royal palace, heard that Jeremiah had been put into the cistern. While the king was sitting at the Gate of Benjamin, Ebed-melech went out from the king’s palace and…
• Psalms 79:11May the groans of the captives reach You; by the strength of Your arm preserve those condemned to death.
• Jeremiah 26:16–19Then the officials and all the people told the priests and prophets, “This man is not worthy of death, for he has spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God!” Some of the elders of the land stood up and said to the…
• John 7:51“Does our law convict a man without first hearing from him to determine what he has done?”
• 1 Samuel 19:4–7Then Jonathan spoke well of David to his father Saul and said to him, “The king should not sin against his servant David; he has not sinned against you. In fact, his actions have been highly beneficial to you. He took…
• 1 Samuel 20:32“Why must he be put to death?” Jonathan replied. “What has he done?”
• Proverbs 24:7Wisdom is too high for a fool; he does not open his mouth in the meeting place.
• 1 Samuel 22:14–15Ahimelech answered the king, “Who among all your servants is as faithful as David, the king’s son-in-law, the captain of your bodyguard who is honored in your house? Was that day the first time I inquired of God for…
• Job 29:9The princes refrained from speaking and covered their mouths with their hands.

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