Job 29:23

And they waited for me as for the rain. And they opened their mouth wide [as] for the latter rain.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

22After my words they spoke not again, and my speech distilled upon them.

24I smiled on them when they had no confidence, and they did not cast down the light of my countenance.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 5:24Neither do they say in their heart, Let us now fear LORD our God, who gives rain, both the former and the latter, in its season, who preserves to us the appointed weeks of the harvest.

Zechariah 10:1Ask ye of LORD rain in the time of the latter rain, [even of] LORD who makes lightnings, and he will give them showers of rain, to everyone grass in the field.

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 →

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