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


In Context

5 Lest he drink, and forget the decree, And change the judgment of any of the sons of affliction.

6 Give strong drink to the perishing, And wine to the bitter in soul,

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!'

10 A woman of worth who doth find? Yea, far above rubies is her price.

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 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.