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Job 29:22

20 My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.

21 Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.

After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.

23 And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.

24 If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.

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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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  • Deuteronomy 32:2

    My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:

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  • Song of Solomon 4:11

    Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.

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  • Ezekiel 20:46

    Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field;

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  • Matthew 22:46

    And no man was able to answer him a word, neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions.

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  • Isaiah 52:15

    So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider.

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  • Job 33:31–33

    Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak.

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  • Micah 2:6

    Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, that they shall not take shame.

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  • Amos 7:16

    Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not thy word against the house of Isaac.

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