31 the (A)strutting rooster,[a] the he-goat,
    and a king whose army is with him.[b]

32 If you have been foolish, exalting yourself,
    or if you have been devising evil,
    (B)put your hand on your mouth.
33 For pressing milk produces curds,
    pressing the nose produces blood,
    and pressing anger produces strife.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 30:31 Or the magpie, or the greyhound; Hebrew girt-of-loins
  2. Proverbs 30:31 Or against whom there is no rising up

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