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Job 29:23

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

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

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.

25 I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth 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.

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Cross references

  • Hosea 6:3

    Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.

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  • Psalms 72:6

    He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.

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  • Zechariah 10:1

    Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.

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