Job 29:22
After my words they made no reply, and my speech dropped on them [like dew].
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
In Context
21Unto me men listened, and waited, and watched in silence for my counsel
23And they waited for me as for the rain, and they opened wide their mouth as for the latter rain.
Cross References
Job 32:15They are dismayed, they answer no more: words have escaped away from them.
Song of Solomon 4:11Of sweet honey drop thy lips, O bride: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the scent of thy garments is like the scent of Lebanon.
Ezekiel 20:46(21:2) Son of man, set thy face in the direction toward the south, and preach toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the field in the south.
Micah 2:6“Preach not;” [but] they shall preach: they shall not preach [indeed] to these, that reproach may not overtake them.
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 →