Proverbs 30:32
30 a lion, mighty among beasts, refusing to retreat before anything;
31 a strutting rooster; a he-goat; and a king with his army around him.
If you have foolishly exalted yourself or if you have plotted evil, put your hand over your mouth.
33 For as the churning of milk yields butter, and the twisting of the nose draws blood, so the stirring of anger brings forth strife.”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- If you have foolishly exalted yourself or if you have plotted evil, put your hand over your mouth.
- KJV
- If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.
- WEB
- “If you have done foolishly in lifting up yourself, or if you have thought evil, put your hand over your mouth.
- ASV
- If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, Or if thou hast thought evil, [Lay] thy hand upon thy mouth.
- DARBY
- If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, [lay] the hand upon thy mouth.
- BLB
- If you have been foolish in lifting up yourself, and if you have schemed—hand to mouth!
- ÅB
- Har du vært så uforstandig at du har opphøyet deg, eller har du tenkt på ondt, da legg hånden på din munn!
- OTB
- Hvis du har vært tåpelig i å opphøye deg selv, eller hvis du har planlagt ondt, legg hånden over munnen.
- B1930
- Har du vært så uforstandig at du har ophøiet dig, eller har du tenkt på ondt, da legg hånden på din munn!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 21:5
Look at me and be appalled; put your hand over your mouth.
Read in contextRomans 3:19
Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
Read in contextJob 40:4
“Behold, I am insignificant. How can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth.
Read in contextMicah 7:16–17
Nations will see and be ashamed, deprived of all their might. They will put their hands over their mouths, and their ears will become deaf.
Read in contextProverbs 26:12
Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Read in contextEcclesiastes 8:3–4
Do not hasten to leave his presence, and do not persist in a bad cause, for he will do whatever he pleases.
Read in contextProverbs 17:28
Even a fool is considered wise if he keeps silent, and discerning when he holds his tongue.
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