8Open your mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.


In Context

5 Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.

6 Give strong drink to him that is ready to perish, and wine to those that be of heavy hearts.

7 Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.

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

9 Open your mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.

10 Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.

Proverbs 31:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

31:8Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

31:8"Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

31:8Open thy mouth for the dumb, and for the causes of all the children that pass.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

31:8Open thy mouth for the dumb, In the cause of all such as are left desolate.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

31:8Open thy mouth for the dumb, for the cause of all those that are left desolate.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

31:8Open thy mouth for the dumb, in the cause of all such as are left desolate.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

31:8Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

31:8Open your mouth for the mute, in the cause of all who are left desolate.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

31:8Open thy mouth for the dumb, For the right of all sons of change.