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Proverbs 31:8

JusticePoverty and the vulnerableMercy and compassion

6 Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.

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

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

9 Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.

10 Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.

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BSB
Open your mouth for those with no voice, for the cause of all the dispossessed.
KJV
Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.
WEB
Open your mouth for the mute, in the cause of all who are left desolate.
ASV
Open thy mouth for the dumb, In the cause of all such as are left desolate.
DARBY
Open thy mouth for the dumb, for the cause of all those that are left desolate.
BLB
Open your mouth for a mute one, for the cause of all the sons of destitution.
ÅB
Åpne din munn for den stumme, for alle deres sak som er nær ved å forgå!
OTB
Talsak for dem som ikke kan tale for seg selv, for alle de fattiges rettigheter.
B1930
Oplat din munn for den stumme, for alle deres sak som er nær ved å forgå!

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Psalms 82:3–4

    Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.

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  • Proverbs 24:11–12

    If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;

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  • Jeremiah 38:7–10

    Now when Ebed-melech 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;

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  • Jeremiah 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.

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  • Esther 4:13–16

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

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  • Job 29:12–17

    Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.

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  • Jeremiah 26:16–19

    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.

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  • 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 die;

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