箴言 30:32

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

如果你行事愚昧，自高自大，或是心懷惡計，就要用手掩口。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
你 若 行 事 愚 顽 ， 自 高 自 傲 ， 或 是 怀 了 恶 念 ， 就 当 用 手 捂 口 。

Contextual Overview

²⁹ "There are three things that strut proudly, really four that walk as if they were important: ³⁰ a lion, the proudest animal, which is strong and runs from nothing, ³¹ a rooster, a male goat, and a king when his army is around him. ³² "If you have been foolish and proud, or if you have planned evil, shut your mouth. ³³ Just as stirring milk makes butter, and twisting noses makes them bleed, so stirring up anger causes trouble."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

thou hast done: Proverbs 26:12, Ecclesiastes 8:3

lay: Proverbs 17:28, Job 21:5, Job 40:4, Ecclesiastes 8:4, Micah 7:16, Micah 7:17, Romans 3:19

Reciprocal: Numbers 12:11 - lay not Judges 18:19 - lay thine 1 Kings 11:27 - lifted up Job 29:9 - laid

Cross-References

Genesis 30:35
But that day Laban took away all the male goats that had streaks or spots, all the speckled and spotted female goats (all those that had white on them), and all the black sheep. He told his sons to watch over them.

Genesis 31:8
When Laban said, ‘You can have all the speckled animals as your pay,' all the animals gave birth to speckled young ones. But when he said, ‘You can have all the streaked animals as your pay,' all the flocks gave birth to streaked babies.

Genesis 31:10
"I had a dream during the season when the flocks were mating. I saw that the only male goats who were mating were streaked, speckled, or spotted.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself,.... Against a king, against whom there is no rising up; by speaking evil of him, or rebelling against him; which is acting a foolish part, since it brings a man into troubles and difficulties inextricable; or by self-commendation, which is the height of folly, and the fruit of pride; or carried it in such a haughty and overbearing manner to others, as to provoke to wrath and anger;

or if thou hast thought evil; purposed and designed it, and contrived the scheme of doing it, though not yet put in execution; though folly is not actually committed, yet since the thought of it is rain, care should be taken to prevent it;

[lay] thine hand upon thy mouth: think again before the thing resolved on is done; as studious and thoughtful men put their hand to their mouth, when they are deeply considering any affair before them: or put a stop to the design, let it go no further; what has been thought of in the mind, let it never come out of the mouth, nor be carried into execution; stifle it in the first motion: or if this respects a foolish action done, as it also may, since it stands connected with both clauses, then the sense is, be silent; do not pretend to deny the action, nor to excuse it; nor to say one word in the defence of it; nor to lay the blame upon others; and much less to calumniate and reproach such who faithfully reprove for it; take shame to thyself in silence, and repent of the iniquity done. Aben Ezra thinks these words are said to Ithiel and Ucal; but rather, to any and everyone, to all that should hear and read these proverbs. The Targum is,

"do not lift up thyself, lest thou be foolish; and do not stretch out thine hand to thy mouth.''

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Lay thine hand upon thy mouth - The act expresses the silence of humiliation and repentance after the sin has been committed, and that of self-restraint, which checks the haughty or malignant thought before it has passed even into words.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 30:32. If thou hast done foolishly — And who has not, at one time or other of his life?

Lay thine hand upon thy mouth. — Like the leper; and cry to God, Unclean! unclean! and keep silence to all besides. God will blot out thy offence, and neither the world nor the Church ever know it, for he is merciful; and man is rarely able to pass by a sin committed by his fellows, especially if it be one to which himself is by nature not liable or inclined.