Devine Scripture

Proverbs 31:8

Proverbs chapter 31 · verse 8 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

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

v.8This passage

v.9Open thy mouth, judge righteously, And minister justice to the poor and needy.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Jeremiah 26:24

    But the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, that they should not give him into the hand of the people to put him to death.

  • Psalms 79:11

    Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee: According to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to death;

  • Jeremiah 38:7

    Now when Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, a eunuch, who was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon (the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin),

  • Psalms 82:3

    Judge the poor and fatherless: Do justice to the afflicted and destitute.

  • Proverbs 24:7

    Wisdom is too high for a fool: He openeth not his mouth in the gate.

  • Esther 4:13

    Then Mordecai bade them return answer unto Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king’s house, more than all the Jews.