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Proverbs 31:8

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

KJV

Aperi os tuum muto, et causis omnium filiorum qui pertranseunt.

Vulgate

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

ASV

פְּתַח פִּ֥י/ךָ לְ/אִלֵּ֑ם אֶל דִּ֝֗ין כָּל בְּנֵ֥י חֲלֽוֹף

Hebrew

Open thy mouth for the dumb, and for the causes of all the children that pass.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִלֵּ֑ם
'lm
adjective · 6×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
דִּ֣ין
dyn
noun · 21×
חֲלֽוֹף
chlvp
noun · 1×
י
y
noun · 496×
יִּפְתַּ֖ח
yptch
verb · 144×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 19:4 — And Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works have b
  • Eccl 3:7 — A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
  • Esth 4:13 — Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king’s house, more than all the Jews.
  • Hab 1:13 — Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is m
  • Isa 11:4 — But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay
  • Jer 21:12 — O house of David, thus saith the LORD; Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, and burn that none can quench i
  • Jer 26:16 — Then said the princes and all the people unto the priests and to the prophets; This man is not worthy to die: for he hath spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God.
  • Jer 26:24 — Nevertheless 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.
  • Jer 38:7 — Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin;
  • Job 29:12 — Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
  • John 7:51 — Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?
  • Prov 24:11 — If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;
  • Prov 29:7 — The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.
  • Prov 31:26 — She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.
  • Ps 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 die;
  • Ps 82:3 — Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.