23And they waited for me as for the rain, and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.


In Context

20 My glory shall be fresh in me, and my bow be renewed in my hand.

21 Unto me they listened, and waited, and kept silence for my counsel:

22 After my words they spoke 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; and they troubled not the serenity of my countenance.

25 I chose their way, and sat as chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth mourners.

Job 29:23 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

29:23And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide [as] for the latter rain.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

29:23They waited for me as for showers and drank in my words as the spring rain.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

29:23They waited for me as for rain, and they opened their mouth as for a latter shower.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

29:23And they waited for me as for the rain; And they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

29:23And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

29:23And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

29:23They waited for me as for the rain. Their mouths drank as with the spring rain.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

29:23And they wait as for rain for me, And their mouth they have opened wide As for the latter rain.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

29:23And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.