Proverbs 30:32
What does Proverbs 30:32 mean?
A plain-English look at Proverbs 30:32 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, Or if thou hast thought evil, Lay thy hand upon thy mouth.
KJV
King James Version · 1611If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, Or if thou hast thought evil, Lay thy hand upon thy mouth.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949If you have done foolishly in lifting yourself up, or if you have had evil designs, put your hand over your mouth.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862If thou hast been foolish in lifting up thyself, And if thou hast devised evil--hand to mouth!
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752There 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.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, [lay] the hand upon thy mouth.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 21:5
Mark me, and be astonished, And lay your hand upon your mouth.
- Micah 7:16
The nations shall see and be ashamed of all their might; they shall lay their hand upon their mouth; their ears shall be deaf.
- Ecclesiastes 8:3
Be not hasty to go out of his presence; persist not in an evil thing: for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.
- Job 40:4
Behold, I am of small account; what shall I answer thee? I lay my hand upon my mouth.
- Proverbs 17:28
Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise; When he shutteth his lips, he is esteemed as prudent.
- Romans 3:19
Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it speaketh to them that are under the law; that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God:
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