Job 29:23

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Job 29:23

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Berean Standard Bible

They waited for me as for rain and drank in my words like spring showers.

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KJV

King James Version

And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide [as] for the latter rain.

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WEB

World English Bible

They waited for me as for the rain. Their mouths drank as with the spring rain.

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ASV

American Standard Version

And they waited for me as for the rain; And they opened their mouth wide [as] for the latter rain.

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Job 29

²¹ Men listened to me with expectation, waiting silently for my counsel.

²² After my words, they spoke no more; my speech settled on them like dew.

²³ They waited for me as for rain and drank in my words like spring showers.

²⁴ If I smiled at them, they did not believe it; the light of my countenance was precious.

²⁵ I chose their course and presided as chief. So I dwelt as a king among his troops, as a comforter of the mourners.

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