Proverbs 30:32

If you have done foolishly by exalting yourself ¹  or if you have planned evil, put ²  your hand over your mouth!

biblegateway Pro 30:32

"If you have played the fool and exalted yourself, or if you have planned evil, clap your hand over your mouth!

biblegateway Pro 30:32

If you have been foolish in exalting yourself Or if you have plotted evil, put your hand on your mouth.

biblegateway Pro 30:32

If you have been a fool by being proud or plotting evil, don’t brag about it––cover your mouth with your hand in shame.

biblegateway Pro 30:32

If you're dumb enough to call attention to yourself by offending people and making rude gestures,

SABDAweb Pro 30:32

If you have done foolishly in lifting yourself up, or if you have had evil designs, put your hand over your mouth.

bibleoremus Pro 30:32

If you have been foolish, exalting yourself, or if you have been devising evil, put your hand on your mouth.

biblegateway Pro 30:32

If you have been foolish in exalting yourself, Or if you have devised evil, put your hand on your mouth.

biblegateway Pro 30:32

If you have done foolishly by exalting yourself ¹  or if you have planned evil, put ²  your hand over your mouth!

¹ tn The construction has the בְּ (bet) preposition with the Hitpael infinitive construct, forming a temporal clause. This clause explains the way in which the person has acted foolishly.

² tn Heb “hand to mouth.” This express means “put your hand to your mouth” (e.g., Job 40:4, 5); cf. NIV “clap your hand over.”