Proverbs 31:8 “Open your mouth for those with no voice, for the cause of all the disp…”

Proverbs 31:8

Open your mouth for those with no voice, for the cause of all the dispossessed.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Open thy mouth for the domme in the cause of all the children of destruction.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

Let your mouth be open for those who have no voice, in the cause of those who are ready for death.

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Cross references

“Open”

Esther 4:13–16 Jeremiah 26:24 Jeremiah 38:7–10 Jeremiah 26:16–19 John 7:51 1 Samuel 19:4–7

Esther 4:13–16 · BSB

he sent back to her this reply: “Do not imagine that because you are in the king’s palace you alone will escape the fate of all the Jews.

Jeremiah 26:24 · BSB

Nevertheless, Ahikam son of Shaphan supported Jeremiah, so he was not handed over to the people to be put to death.

Jeremiah 38:7–10 · BSB

Now Ebed-melech the Cushite, a court official in the royal palace, heard that Jeremiah had been put into the cistern. While the king was sitting at the Gate of Benjamin,

Jeremiah 26:16–19 · BSB

Then the officials and all the people told the priests and prophets, “This man is not worthy of death, for he has spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God!”

John 7:51 · BSB

“Does our law convict a man without first hearing from him to determine what he has done?”

1 Samuel 19:4–7 · BSB

Then Jonathan spoke well of David to his father Saul and said to him, “The king should not sin against his servant David; he has not sinned against you. In fact, his actions have been highly beneficial to you.

“such, etc”

Psalm 79:11

Psalm 79:11 · BSB

May the groans of the captives reach You; by the strength of Your arm preserve those condemned to death.

Also

Job 29:12–17

Job 29:12–17 · BSB

because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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

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

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