Job 29:22
After my words they spoke not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
In Context
21Unto 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; words are departed from them.
Song of Solomon 4:11Thy lips, O my bride, drop honey — honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.
Ezekiel 20:46(21-2) 'Son of man, set thy face toward the South, and preach toward the South, and prophesy against the forest of the field in the South;
Micah 2:6'Preach ye not', they preach; 'They shall not preach of these things, that they shall not take shame.'
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 →