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Pro_31:8 Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.
Ver. 8. Open thy mouth for the dumb,] i.e., Speak wisely and freely for those that either cannot or may not speak for themselves. Thus Nicodemus spoke for our Saviour; {Joh_7:21} Paphnutius in the council for the married clergy; Pliny to Trajan for the persecuted Christians; the Elector of Saxony for Luther, &c. Oecolampadius saith {a} that wise men only open their mouths, for a fool’s mouth is never but open. Hence, êå÷çíïôåò , gapers, are put for fools in Lucian and Aristophanes.
{a} Oecolamp. in Job xxxiii.