Job 29:23

They waited for me as for rain, and they opened their mouth as for belated rains.

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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

22To my words, they dared to add nothing, and my eloquence poured over them.

24If I had ever laughed at them, they would not have believed it, and the light of my face was not cast down towards the ground.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 5:24And they have not said in their heart: ‘Let us dread the Lord our God, who gives us the timely and the late rains, in their proper time, who guards the full measure of the yearly harvest for us.’

Zechariah 10:1Petition before the Lord for rain in the latter time, and the Lord will produce snows and will give showers of rain to them, to each blade 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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