Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
Open thy mouth for the dumb, For the right of all sons of change.
New American Standard Bible
For the
King James Version
Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.
Holman Bible
for the justice of all who are dispossessed.
International Standard Version
Speak for those who cannot speak; seek justice for all those on the verge of destruction.
A Conservative Version
Open thy mouth for the mute, in the cause of all such as are left desolate.
American Standard Version
Open thy mouth for the dumb, In the cause of all such as are left desolate.
Amplified
Open your mouth for the mute,
For the rights of all who are unfortunate and defenseless;
Bible in Basic English
Let your mouth be open for those who have no voice, in the cause of those who are ready for death.
Darby Translation
Open thy mouth for the dumb, for the cause of all those that are left desolate.
Julia Smith Translation
Open thy mouth for the dumb, for the judgment of all the sons of the surviving.
King James 2000
Open your mouth for the dumb, for the cause of all who are left desolate.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Open your mouth for the mute, for the rights of all the {needy}.
Modern King James verseion
Open your mouth for the dumb, for the cause of all the sons of those passing away.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Be thou an advocate and stand in judgment thyself, to speak for all such as be dumb and sucourless.
NET Bible
Open your mouth on behalf of those unable to speak, for the legal rights of all the dying.
New Heart English Bible
Open your mouth for the mute, in the cause of all who are left desolate.
The Emphasized Bible
Open thy mouth for the dumb, for the cause of all the children of the departed.
Webster
Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.
World English Bible
Open your mouth for the mute, in the cause of all who are left desolate.
Themes
Courts of justice » The accused » Might have advocates
Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Dumbness
Kings » Should » Maintain the cause of the poor and oppressed
Topics
Interlinear
Pathach
Peh
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 31:8
Prayers for Proverbs 31:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Oracle Of King Lemuel
7 He drinketh, and forgetteth his poverty, And his misery he remembereth not again. 8 Open thy mouth for the dumb, For the right of all sons of change. 9 Open thy mouth, judge righteously, Both the cause of the poor and needy!'
Names
Cross References
Psalm 82:3-4
Judge ye the weak and fatherless, The afflicted and the poor declare righteous.
1 Samuel 19:4-7
And Jonathan speaketh good of David unto Saul his father, and saith unto him, 'Let not the king sin against his servant, against David, because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works for thee are very good;
1 Samuel 20:32
And Jonathan answereth Saul his father, and saith unto him, 'Why is he put to death? what hath he done?'
1 Samuel 22:14-15
And Ahimelech answereth the king and saith, 'And who among all thy servants is as David -- faithful, and son-in-law of the king, and hath turned aside unto thy council, and is honoured in thy house?
Esther 4:13-16
and Mordecai speaketh to send back unto Esther: 'Do not think in thy soul to be delivered in the house of the king, more than all the Jews,
Job 29:9
Princes have kept in words, And a hand they place on their mouth.
Job 29:12-17
For I deliver the afflicted who is crying, And the fatherless who hath no helper.
Psalm 79:11
Let the groaning of the prisoner come in before Thee, According to the greatness of Thine arm, Leave Thou the sons of death.
Proverbs 24:7
Wisdom is high for a fool, In the gate he openeth not his mouth.
Proverbs 24:11-12
If from delivering those taken to death, And those slipping to the slaughter -- thou keepest back.
Jeremiah 26:16-19
And the heads and all the people say unto the priests and unto the prophets, 'There is not for this man a judgment of death, for in the name of Jehovah our God he hath spoken unto us.'
Jeremiah 26:24
Only, the hand of Ahikam son of Shaphan hath been with Jeremiah so as not to give him up into the hand of the people to put him to death.
Jeremiah 38:7-10
And Ebed-Melech the Cushite, a eunuch who is in the king's house, heareth that they have put Jeremiah into the pit; and the king is sitting at the gate of Benjamin,
John 7:51
'Doth our law judge the man, if it may not hear from him first, and know what he doth?'