Job 29:22
After my words they didn’t speak again. My speech fell on them.
World English Bible Classic
In The King James Version
After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
In Context
21“Men listened to me, waited, and kept silence for my counsel.
23They waited for me as for the rain. Their mouths drank as with the spring rain.
Cross References
Job 32:15“They are amazed. They answer no more. They don’t have a word to say.
Song of Solomon 4:11Your lips, my bride, drip like the honeycomb. Honey and milk are under your tongue. The smell of your garments is like the smell of Lebanon.
Ezekiel 20:46“Son of man, set your face toward the south, and preach toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the field in the south.
Micah 2:6“Don’t prophesy!”—they prophesy— “Don’t prophesy about these things. Disgrace won’t overtake us.”
Matthew 22:46No one was able to answer him a word, neither did any man dare ask him any more questions from that day forward.
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 →