Job 29:22
To my words they made no reply, When my speech dropped down upon them.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
In Context
21To me men gave ear, and waited, And kept silence for my counsel.
23Yea, they waited for me as for the rain; They opened their mouths wide as for the latter rain.
Cross References
Job 32:15They were confounded! they answered no more! They could say nothing!
Song of Solomon 4:11Thy lips, O my spouse! drop the honeycomb; Honey and milk are under thy tongue, And the fragrance of thy garments is as the fragrance of Lebanon.
Ezekiel 20:46Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word against the South, and prophesy against the forest of the field in the South;
Micah 2:6“Prophesy not,” [[say they,]] “O ye that prophesy!” If they prophesy not concerning these things, The shame will not depart.
Matthew 22:46And no one was able to answer him a word; nor durst any one from that day question him any more.
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 →