Job 29:22
After I had spoken, they spake not again, and, upon them, used my speech to drop;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
In Context
21To me, men hearkened, and waited, and kept silence for my counsel;
23And they waited, as for rain, for me, and, their mouths, they opened wide for the spring-rain;
Cross References
Job 32:15They were dismayed, they responded no more, they suffered speech to forsake them;
Song of Solomon 4:11With sweetness, thy lips do drip, O bride,—Honey and milk, are under thy tongue, and, the fragrance of thy garments, is like the fragrance of Lebanon.
Ezekiel 20:46Son of man Set thy face the way towards Teman, And drop thy word against the land of the sun, And prophesy unto the forest of the field of the South;
Micah 2:6Do not sputter—So they sputter! They must not sputter as to these things, Must he not put away reproaches?
Matthew 22:46And, no one, was able to answer him a word, neither durst anyone, 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 →