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


In Context

20 My glory is fresh in me. My bow is renewed in my hand.'

21 |Men listened to me, waited, and kept silence for my counsel.

22 After my words they didn't speak again. My speech fell on them.

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

24 I smiled on them when they had no confidence. They didn't reject the light of my face.

25 I chose out their way, and sat as chief. I lived as a king in the army, as one who comforts the 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 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 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.