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Wednesday, October 9th, 2024
the Week of Proper 22 / Ordinary 27
the Week of Proper 22 / Ordinary 27
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World English Bible
Proverbs 31:9
Open your mouth, judge righteously, And serve justice to the poor and needy."
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Legacy Standard Bible
Open your mouth, judge righteously,And render justice to the afflicted and needy.
Open your mouth, judge righteously,And render justice to the afflicted and needy.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Open your mouth, judge righteously, And defend the rights of the afflicted and needy.
Open your mouth, judge righteously, And defend the rights of the afflicted and needy.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Open thy mouth, defende the thyng that is lawfull and ryght, and the cause of the poore and helpelesse.
Open thy mouth, defende the thyng that is lawfull and ryght, and the cause of the poore and helpelesse.
Darby Translation
Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and minister justice to the afflicted and needy.
Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and minister justice to the afflicted and needy.
New King James Version
Open your mouth, judge righteously, And plead the cause of the poor and needy.
Open your mouth, judge righteously, And plead the cause of the poor and needy.
Literal Translation
Open your mouth, judge righteously, and defend the poor and needy.
Open your mouth, judge righteously, and defend the poor and needy.
Easy-to-Read Version
Stand up for what you know is right, and judge all people fairly. Protect the rights of the poor and those who need help.
Stand up for what you know is right, and judge all people fairly. Protect the rights of the poor and those who need help.
King James Version (1611)
Open thy mouth, iudge righteously, and plead the cause of the poore and needy.
Open thy mouth, iudge righteously, and plead the cause of the poore and needy.
King James Version
Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
With yi mouth defende ye thinge yt is laufull and right, and ye cause of ye poore and helplesse.
With yi mouth defende ye thinge yt is laufull and right, and ye cause of ye poore and helplesse.
Amplified Bible
Open your mouth, judge righteously, And administer justice for the afflicted and needy.
Open your mouth, judge righteously, And administer justice for the afflicted and needy.
American Standard Version
Open thy mouth, judge righteously, And minister justice to the poor and needy.
Open thy mouth, judge righteously, And minister justice to the poor and needy.
Bible in Basic English
Let your mouth be open, judging rightly, and give right decisions in the cause of the poor and those in need.
Let your mouth be open, judging rightly, and give right decisions in the cause of the poor and those in need.
Update Bible Version
Open your mouth, judge righteously, And give justice to the poor and needy.
Open your mouth, judge righteously, And give justice to the poor and needy.
Webster's Bible Translation
Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
New English Translation
Open your mouth, judge in righteousness, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
Open your mouth, judge in righteousness, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
Contemporary English Version
Be fair and give justice to the poor and homeless.
Be fair and give justice to the poor and homeless.
Complete Jewish Bible
Speak up, judge righteously, defend the cause of the poor and the needy.
Speak up, judge righteously, defend the cause of the poor and the needy.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Open thy mouth: iudge righteously, and iudge the afflicted, and the poore.
Open thy mouth: iudge righteously, and iudge the afflicted, and the poore.
George Lamsa Translation
Open your mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
Open your mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
Hebrew Names Version
Open your mouth, judge righteously, And serve justice to the poor and needy."
Open your mouth, judge righteously, And serve justice to the poor and needy."
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
New Living Translation
Yes, speak up for the poor and helpless, and see that they get justice.
Yes, speak up for the poor and helpless, and see that they get justice.
New Life Bible
Open your mouth. Be right and fair in what you decide. Stand up for the rights of those who are suffering and in need.
Open your mouth. Be right and fair in what you decide. Stand up for the rights of those who are suffering and in need.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
A wise man shall judge nations: but a worthless man being angry laughs and fears not.
A wise man shall judge nations: but a worthless man being angry laughs and fears not.
English Revised Version
Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and minister judgment to the poor and needy.
Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and minister judgment to the poor and needy.
Berean Standard Bible
Open your mouth, judge righteously, and defend the cause of the poor and needy.
Open your mouth, judge righteously, and defend the cause of the poor and needy.
New Revised Standard
Speak out, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy.
Speak out, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Open thy mouth - judge righteously, - and administer justice for the poor and the needy.
Open thy mouth - judge righteously, - and administer justice for the poor and the needy.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Open thy mouth, decree that which is just, and do justice to the needy and poor.
Open thy mouth, decree that which is just, and do justice to the needy and poor.
Lexham English Bible
Open your mouth, judge righteousness, and defend the poor and needy.
Open your mouth, judge righteousness, and defend the poor and needy.
English Standard Version
Open your mouth, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy.
Open your mouth, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy.
New American Standard Bible
Open your mouth, judge righteously, And defend the rights of the poor and needy.
Open your mouth, judge righteously, And defend the rights of the poor and needy.
New Century Version
Speak up and judge fairly, and defend the rights of the poor and needy."
Speak up and judge fairly, and defend the rights of the poor and needy."
Good News Translation
Speak for them and be a righteous judge. Protect the rights of the poor and needy."
Speak for them and be a righteous judge. Protect the rights of the poor and needy."
Christian Standard Bible®
Speak up, judge righteously, and defend the cause of the oppressed and needy.
Speak up, judge righteously, and defend the cause of the oppressed and needy.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and opene thi mouth for the causes of alle sones that passen forth. Deme thou that that is iust, and deme thou a nedi man and a pore man.
and opene thi mouth for the causes of alle sones that passen forth. Deme thou that that is iust, and deme thou a nedi man and a pore man.
Revised Standard Version
Open your mouth, judge righteously, maintain the rights of the poor and needy.
Open your mouth, judge righteously, maintain the rights of the poor and needy.
Young's Literal Translation
Open thy mouth, judge righteously, Both the cause of the poor and needy!'
Open thy mouth, judge righteously, Both the cause of the poor and needy!'
Contextual Overview
1 The words of king Lemuel; the oracle which his mother taught him. 2 "Oh, my son!" Oh, son of my womb! Oh, son of my vows! 3 Don't give your strength to women, Nor your ways to that which destroys kings. 4 It is not for kings, Lemuel; it is not for kings to drink wine; Nor for princes to say, 'Where is strong drink?' 5 Lest they drink, and forget the law, And pervert the justice due to anyone who is afflicted. 6 Give strong drink to him who is ready to perish; And wine to the bitter in soul: 7 Let him drink, and forget his poverty, And remember his misery no more. 8 Open your mouth for the mute, In the cause of all who are left desolate. 9 Open your mouth, judge righteously, And serve justice to the poor and needy."
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Proverbs 16:12, Proverbs 20:8, Leviticus 19:15, Deuteronomy 1:16, Deuteronomy 16:18-20, 2 Samuel 8:15, Psalms 58:1, Psalms 58:2, Psalms 72:1, Psalms 72:2, Job 29:12, Job 29:15, Job 29:16, Isaiah 1:17, Isaiah 1:23, Isaiah 11:4, Isaiah 32:1, Isaiah 32:2, Jeremiah 5:28, Jeremiah 22:3, Jeremiah 22:15, Jeremiah 22:16, Jeremiah 23:5, Daniel 4:27, Amos 5:11, Amos 5:12, Zechariah 7:9, Zechariah 9:9, John 7:24, Hebrews 1:9, Revelation 19:11
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 25:1 - General 1 Samuel 19:4 - spake good 1 Samuel 20:32 - Wherefore 1 Samuel 22:14 - And who 2 Samuel 23:3 - must be just Proverbs 24:7 - openeth Proverbs 31:26 - openeth Ecclesiastes 3:7 - and a time to speak Jeremiah 21:12 - deliver Jeremiah 38:9 - these Ezekiel 18:8 - hath executed Habakkuk 1:13 - holdest Matthew 5:2 - General Romans 13:4 - he is
Cross-References
Genesis 31:1
He heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, "Jacob has taken away all that was our father's. From that which was our father's, has he gotten all this wealth."
He heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, "Jacob has taken away all that was our father's. From that which was our father's, has he gotten all this wealth."
Genesis 31:2
Jacob saw the expression on Laban's face, and, behold, it was not toward him as before.
Jacob saw the expression on Laban's face, and, behold, it was not toward him as before.
Genesis 31:16
For all the riches which God has taken away from our father, that is ours and our children's. Now then, whatever God has said to you, do."
For all the riches which God has taken away from our father, that is ours and our children's. Now then, whatever God has said to you, do."
Psalms 50:10
For every animal of the forest is mine, And the cattle on a thousand hills.
For every animal of the forest is mine, And the cattle on a thousand hills.
Proverbs 13:22
A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children, But the wealth of the sinner is stored for the righteous.
A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children, But the wealth of the sinner is stored for the righteous.
Matthew 20:15
Isn't it lawful for me to do what I want to with what I own? Or is your eye evil, because I am good?'
Isn't it lawful for me to do what I want to with what I own? Or is your eye evil, because I am good?'
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Open thy mouth, judge righteously,.... Having heard the cause, pronounce a righteous sentence; deliver it freely and impartially, with all readiness and boldness, not caring for the censures of wicked and unjust men;
and plead the cause of the poor and needy; who are oppressed by the rich, cannot plead for themselves, nor fee others to plead for them; do thou do it freely and faithfully. Thus as Lemuel's mother cautions him against women and wine, she advises him to do the duties of his office in administering impartial justice to all, and particularly in being the advocate and judge of the indigent and distressed.
