PRO 31:8 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs.
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ULT Open your mouth for a mute one,
⇔ for the legal claim of all the sons of the one passing away.

UST Speak for those who cannot speak for themselves,
⇔ speak for those who are approaching death.

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

OEB Open your mouth for the widow,
⇔ do right by all fatherless children.

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

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Open your mouth on behalf of those unable to speak,
⇔ for the legal rights of all the dying.

LSV Open your mouth for the mute,
For the right of all sons of change.

FBV Speak up for those who have no voice, for the rights of those marginalized by society.

T4T ⇔ Speak [MTY] to defend people who are unable to defend themselves;
⇔ speak to encourage others to do what is right for those who are helpless.

LEB • for the rights[fn] of all the [fn]

31:? Hebrew “right”

31:? Literally “the sons of the needy”

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

Moff No Moff PRO book available

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

KJB-1769 Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.[fn]
(Open thy/your mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction. )

31.8 such…: Heb. the sons of destruction

KJB-1611 [fn]Open thy mouth for the dumbe in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.
(Open thy/your mouth for the dumbe in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.)

31:8 Hebr. the sonnes of destruction.

Bshps Be thou an aduocate for the dumbe, to speake in the cause of all such as be succourlesse in this transitorie worlde.
(Be thou/you an aduocate for the dumbe, to speak in the cause of all such as be succourlesse in this transitorie world.)

Gnva Open thy mouth for the domme in the cause of all the children of destruction.
(Open thy/your mouth for the domme in the cause of all the children of destruction. )

Cvdl Be thou an aduocate & stonde in iudgment thyself, to speake for all soch as be dome & sucourles.
(Be thou/you an aduocate and stand in judgement thyself/yourself, to speak for all such as be dome and sucourles.)

Wyc Opene thi mouth for a doumb man,
(Opene thy/your mouth for a doumb man,)

Luth Tu deinen Mund auf für die Stummen und für die Sache aller, die verlassen sind.
(Tu deinen Mund on for the Stummen and for the matter aller, the leave sind.)

ClVg Aperi os tuum muto, et causis omnium filiorum qui pertranseunt.[fn]
(Aperi os your muto, and causis omnium of_children who pertranseunt. )

31.8 Aperi os. Pro causa pauperis, etc., usque ad sed et cunctis per orbem nationibus curam salutis impendere.

31.8 Aperi os. Pro causa pauperis, etc., until to but and cunctis through orbem nationibus curam salutis impendere.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

פְּתַח־פִּ֥י⁠ךָ לְ⁠אִלֵּ֑ם

open mouth,your for,mute

Open your mouth refers to doing so in order to say something to defend someone. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “Open your mouth to speak on behalf of a mute one”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

לְ⁠אִלֵּ֑ם אֶל־דִּ֝֗ין כָּל־בְּנֵ֥י חֲלֽוֹף

for,mute to/towards rights all/each/any/every sons_of destitute

Here, a mute one, the legal claim, and the one passing away refer to these people and things in general. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use more natural expressions. Alternate translation: “for any mute person, for any legal claim of all the sons of any person passing away”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

אֶל־דִּ֝֗ין

to/towards rights

Lemuel’s mother is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You could supply these words from earlier in the sentence or use a connecting word if it would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: “open your mouth for the legal claim of” or “and for the legal claim of”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

בְּנֵ֥י חֲלֽוֹף

sons_of destitute

See how you translated the same use of the sons of in 31:5.

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / euphemism

חֲלֽוֹף

destitute

Lemuel’s mother is referring to death in a polite way by using the phrase passing away. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a more normal polite way of referring to this in your language, or you could state this plainly. Alternate translation: “the dying one”

Parallel PRO 31:8