Job 29:22
After my words, they spoke no more; my speech settled on them like dew.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
In Context
21Men listened to me with expectation, waiting silently for my counsel.
23They waited for me as for rain and drank in my words like spring showers.
Cross References
Job 32:15Job’s friends are dismayed, with no more to say; words have escaped them.
Song of Solomon 4:11Your lips, my bride, drip sweetness like the honeycomb; honey and milk are under your tongue, and the fragrance of your garments is like the aroma of Lebanon.
Ezekiel 20:46“Son of man, set your face toward the south, preach against it, and prophesy against the forest of the Negev.
Micah 2:6“Do not preach,” they preach. “Do not preach these things; disgrace will not overtake us.”
Matthew 22:46No one was able to answer a word, and from that day on no one dared to question Him any further.
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 →