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Proverbs Chapter 31 verse 8 Holy Bible

ASV Proverbs 31:8

Open thy mouth for the dumb, In the cause of all such as are left desolate.
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BBE Proverbs 31:8

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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DARBY Proverbs 31:8

Open thy mouth for the dumb, for the cause of all those that are left desolate.
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KJV Proverbs 31:8

Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.
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WBT Proverbs 31:8

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WEB Proverbs 31:8

Open your mouth for the mute, In the cause of all who are left desolate.
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YLT Proverbs 31:8

Open thy mouth for the dumb, For the right of all sons of change.
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Proverbs 31 : 8 Bible Verse Songs

Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerses 8, 9. - The third exhortation, admonishing the king to judge righteously. Verse 8. - Open thy mouth for the dumb. The "dumb" is any one who for any reason whatever is unable to plead his own cause; he may be of tender age, or of lowly station, or ignorant, timid, and boorish; and the prince is enjoined to plead for him and defend him (comp. Job 29:15). In the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction; literally, the sons of passing away (Isaiah 2:18); i.e. not orphans, children whose parents have vanished from the earth, nor strangers from a foreign country, nor, generally, mortals, subjects of frail human nature (all of which explanations have been given), but persons who are in imminent danger of perishing, certain, if left unaided, to come to ruin (comp. Job 29:12). Septuagint, "Open thy mouth for the Word of God, and judge all men soundly (ὑγιῶς)."

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(8) Open thy mouth for the dumb.--Who cannot from timidity or ignorance plead his own cause, and who would therefore be crushed by his antagonist.Such as are appointed to destruction.--Certain to perish if left unaided. Comp. Job's account of his exertions for victims of high-handed oppression, an ever recurring evil under weak despotic governments (Job 29:12, sqq.).