Proverbs 30:32
If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.
Proverbs 30:32 in other translations
| BSB | If you have foolishly exalted yourself or if you have plotted evil, put your hand over your mouth. |
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| 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. |
| YLT | If thou hast been foolish in lifting up thyself, And if thou hast devised evil--hand to mouth! |
| DARBY | If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay the hand upon thy mouth. |
| BBE | If you have done foolishly in lifting yourself up, or if you have had evil designs, put your hand over your mouth. |
| Webster | If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thy hand upon thy mouth. |
What does Proverbs 30:32 mean?
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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 30:29-33
We may learn from animals to go well; also to keep our temper under all provocations. We must keep the evil thought in our minds from breaking out into evil speeches. We must not stir up the passions of others. Let nothing be said or done with violence, but every thing with softness and calmness. Alas, how often have we done foolishly in rising up against the Lord our King! Let us humble ourselves before him. And…
Proverbs 30:32 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 30:32
- Job 21:5
Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.
- Romans 3:19
Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
- Job 40:4
Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
- Micah 7:16-17
The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf. They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the Lord our God, and shall fear because of thee.
- Proverbs 26:12
Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
- Ecclesiastes 8:3-4
Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him. Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?
- Proverbs 17:28
Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.
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Context
- Proverbs 30:31
A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against whom there is no rising up.
- Proverbs 30:32
If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.
- Proverbs 30:33
Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.
Proverbs 30:32 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Si caiste, fué porque te enalteciste; y si mal pensaste, pon el dedo sobre la boca. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Si tu as agi follement en t’élevant et si tu as pensé à mal, mets la main sur ta bouche; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Wenn du töricht gehandelt hast, indem du dich erhobst, oder wenn du Böses ersonnen: die Hand auf den Mund! |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Est qui stultus apparuit postquam elevatus est in sublime; si enim intellexisset, ori suo imposuisset manum. |