Job 29:22
After my words they spoke not again, and my speech distilled upon them.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
In Context
21To me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence for my counsel.
23And they waited for me as for the rain. And they opened their mouth wide [as] for the latter rain.
Cross References
Job 32:15They are amazed, they answer no more. They have not a word to say.
Song of Solomon 4:11Thy lips, O [my] bride, drop the honeycomb. Honey and milk are under thy tongue, and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.
Ezekiel 20:46Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop [thy word] toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the field in the South.
Micah 2:6Prophesy ye not, they prophesy. They shall not prophesy to these, [so] reproaches shall not depart.
Matthew 22:46And no man was able to answer him a word, nor did any man from that day dare to question him any more.
Matthew Henry on Job 29:19-25
18 Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand. 19 My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch. 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. 22 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;… Read the whole commentary →