Proverbs 31:8

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

King James Version (KJV)

Other Translations for Proverbs 31:8

Open thy mouth for the dumbe in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

Open your mouth for the mute, For the rights of all the unfortunate.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

Open thy mouth for the dumb, In the cause of all such as are left desolate.
- American Standard Version (1901)

Let your mouth be open for those who have no voice, in the cause of those who are ready for death.
- Basic English Bible

Open your mouth for those with no voice, for the cause of all the dispossessed.
- Berean Standard Bible Bible

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

Open thy mouth for the dumb, and for the causes of all the children that pass.
- Douay-Rheims Bible

Open thy mouth for the dumb, in the cause of all such as are left desolate.
- English Revised Version

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

Bible Commentary for Proverbs 31:8

Wesley's Notes for Proverbs 31:8


31:8 The dumb - For such as cannot speak in their own cause, either through ignorance, or because of the dread of their more potent adversaries. Destruction - Who, without such succour from the judges, are like to be utterly ruined.


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