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Job 29:23

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

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

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.

25 I chose their course and presided as chief. So I dwelt as a king among his troops, as a comforter of the mourners.

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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
They waited for me as for rain and drank in my words like spring showers.
KJV
And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
WEB
They waited for me as for the rain. Their mouths drank as with the spring rain.
ASV
And they waited for me as for the rain; And they opened their mouth wide [as] for the latter rain.
DARBY
And they waited for me as for the rain, and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
BLB
And they waited for me as for the rain, and their mouth they opened wide, as for the spring rain.
ÅB
De ventet på min tale som på regn, de åpnet sin munn som for vårregn.
OTB
De ventet på meg som på regnet,
Og åpnet sine munner som for vårregnet.
B1930
De ventet på min tale som på regn, de åpnet sin munn som for vårregn.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Hosea 6:3

    So let us know— let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the earth.

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  • Psalms 72:6

    May he be like rain that falls on freshly cut grass, like spring showers that water the earth.

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  • Zechariah 10:1

    Ask the LORD for rain in springtime; the LORD makes the storm clouds, and He will give everyone showers of rain and crops in the field.

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