Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
lay . . . hand upon . . . mouth— (Proverbs 30:32; Judges 18:19). So the heathen god of silence was pictured with his hand on his mouth. There was enough in Job's case to awe them into silence (Job 17:8).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Job 21:5:
Job 29:9
Job 40:4
Micah 7:16
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