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


In Context

5 lest they drink and forget what the law decrees, and deprive all the oppressed of their rights.

6 Give beer to those who are perishing, wine to those who are in anguish;

7 let them drink and forget their poverty and remember their misery no more.

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

9 Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy." Epilogue: The Wife of Noble Character

10 A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than 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 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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