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


In Context

20 My glory shall always be renewed, and my bow in my hand shall be repaired.

21 They that heard me, waited for my sentence, and being attentive held their peace at my counsel.

22 To my words they durst add nothing, and my speech dropped upon them.

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

24 If at any time I laughed on them, they believed not, and the light of my countenance fell not on earth.

25 If I had a mind to go to them, I sat first, and when I sat as a king, with his army standing about him, yet I was a comforter of them that mourned.

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 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 Darby 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 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.