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Job 29:22

20 My glory is ever new within me, and my bow is renewed in my hand.’

21 Men listened to me with expectation, waiting silently for my counsel.

After my words, they spoke no more; my speech settled on them like dew.

23 They waited for me as for rain and drank in my words like spring showers.

24 If I smiled at them, they did not believe it; the light of my countenance was precious.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
After my words, they spoke no more; my speech settled on them like dew.
KJV
After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
WEB
After my words they didn’t speak again. My speech fell on them.
ASV
After my words they spake not again; And my speech distilled upon them.
DARBY
After my words they spoke not again, and my speech dropped upon them;
BLB
After my word, they did not speak again, and my speech dripped upon them.
ÅB
Når jeg hadde talt, tok de ikke til orde igjen, og min tale dryppet ned over dem.
OTB
Etter mine ord talte de ikke igjen,
Og min tale la seg over dem.
B1930
Når jeg hadde talt, tok de ikke til orde igjen, og min tale dryppet ned over dem.

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Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 32:2

    Let my teaching fall like rain and my speech settle like dew, like gentle rain on new grass, like showers on tender plants.

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  • Song of Solomon 4:11

    Your lips, my bride, drip sweetness like the honeycomb; honey and milk are under your tongue, and the fragrance of your garments is like the aroma of Lebanon.

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  • Ezekiel 20:46

    “Son of man, set your face toward the south, preach against it, and prophesy against the forest of the Negev.

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  • Matthew 22:46

    No one was able to answer a word, and from that day on no one dared to question Him any further.

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  • Isaiah 52:15

    so He will sprinkle many nations. Kings will shut their mouths because of Him. For they will see what they have not been told, and they will understand what they have not heard.

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  • Job 33:31–33

    Pay attention, Job, and listen to me; be silent, and I will speak.

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  • Micah 2:6

    “Do not preach,” they preach. “Do not preach these things; disgrace will not overtake us.”

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  • Amos 7:16

    Now, therefore, hear the word of the LORD. You say: ‘Do not prophesy against Israel; do not preach against the house of Isaac.’

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