Job 29:22
After my words were done, they did not speak again; 1 my speech dropped like water on them. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
In Context
21To me men listened; they waited for me; 1 they stayed silent to hear my advice. 1
Cross References
Job 32:15These three men are dumbfounded; they can answer Job no longer; 1 they have not a word more to say. 1
Song of Solomon 4:11Your lips, my bride, drip honey; 1 honey and milk are under your tongue; 1 the fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon. 1
Ezekiel 20:46“Son of man, set your face toward the southern lands, and speak against the south; prophesy against the forest of the Negev.
Micah 2:6“Do not prophesy,” 1 they say. 1 “They must not prophesy these things; 1 reproaches must not come.” 1
Matthew 22:46No one was able to answer him a word, and no man dared ask him any more questions from that day on.
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 →