Job 29:23
Verse 23 of 25. The 29th of 42 chapters in Job, in Poetry and Wisdom.
19My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.
20My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.
21Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
22After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
23And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
24If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
25I 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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Job 29:23 in the World English Bible
They waited for me as for the rain. Their mouths drank as with the spring rain.Read Job 29:23 in the WEB
Matthew Henry on Job 29:23
His speech dropped upon them, and they waited for its as for the rain (v. 22, 23), wondering at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth, catching at them, laying hold on them, and treasuring them up as apophthegms. His servants that stood continually before him to hear his wisdom would not have envied Solomon's.
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King James Version. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.