Job 29:22
To my words, they dared to add nothing, and my eloquence poured over them.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
In Context
21Those who heard me, expected vindication, and they listened closely in silence to my counsel.
23They waited for me as for rain, and they opened their mouth as for belated rains.
Cross References
Job 32:15Then they were filled with dread, and so they no longer responded, and they withdrew from their speechmaking.
Song of Solomon 4:11Your lips, my spouse, are a dripping honeycomb; honey and milk are under your tongue. And the fragrance of your garments is like the odor of frankincense.
Ezekiel 20:46“Son of man, set your face against the way of the south, and pour in drops toward Africa, and prophesy against the forest of the field of the meridian.
Micah 2:6Do not speak by saying, “It will not drop on these ones; shame will not embrace them.”
Matthew 22:46And no one was able to respond to him a word. And neither did anyone dare, from that day forward, to question him.
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 →