32If you have done foolishly in lifting up yourself, or if you have thought evil, lay your hand on your mouth.


In Context

29 There be three things which go well, yes, four are comely in going:

30 A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turns not away for any;

31 A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against whom there is no rising up.

32 If you have done foolishly in lifting up yourself, or if you have thought evil, lay your hand on your mouth.

33 Surely the churning of milk brings forth butter, and the wringing of the nose brings forth blood: so the forcing of wrath brings forth strife.

Proverbs 30:32 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

30:32If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, [lay] thine hand upon thy mouth.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

30:32"If you have played the fool and exalted yourself, or if you have planned evil, clap your hand over your mouth!

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

30:32There 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

30:32If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, Or if thou hast thought evil, Lay thy hand upon thy mouth.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

30:32If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay the hand upon thy mouth.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

30:32If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

30:32If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thy hand upon thy mouth.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

30:32|If you have done foolishly in lifting up yourself, or if you have thought evil, put your hand over your mouth.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

30:32If thou hast been foolish in lifting up thyself, And if thou hast devised evil — hand to mouth!