Job 29:22 “After my words, they spoke no more; my speech settled on them like dew…”

Job 29:22

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

After my words they spake not again; And my speech distilled upon them.

Geneva Bible 1599

After my wordes they replied not, and my talke dropped vpon them.

Darby Translation

After my words they spoke not again, and my speech dropped upon them;

Young's Literal Translation

After my word they change not, And on them doth my speech drop,

Bible in Basic English

After I had said what was in my mind, they were quiet and let my words go deep into their hearts;

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Cross references

“After my”

Isaiah 52:15 Matthew 22:46 Job 33:31–33 Job 32:15 Job 32:16

Isaiah 52:15 · BSB

so He will sprinkle many nations. Kings will shut their mouths because of Him. For they will see what they have not been told, and they will understand what they have not heard.

Matthew 22:46 · BSB

No one was able to answer a word, and from that day on no one dared to question Him any further.

Job 33:31–33 · BSB

Pay attention, Job, and listen to me; be silent, and I will speak.

Job 32:15 · BSB

Job’s friends are dismayed, with no more to say; words have escaped them.

Job 32:16 · BSB

Must I wait, now that they are silent, now that they stand and no longer reply?

“speech”

Deuteronomy 32:2 Song of Solomon 4:11 Ezekiel 20:46 Amos 7:16 Micah 2:6

Deuteronomy 32:2 · BSB

Let my teaching fall like rain and my speech settle like dew, like gentle rain on new grass, like showers on tender plants.

Song of Solomon 4:11 · BSB

Your lips, my bride, drip sweetness like the honeycomb; honey and milk are under your tongue, and the fragrance of your garments is like the aroma of Lebanon.

Ezekiel 20:46 · BSB

“Son of man, set your face toward the south, preach against it, and prophesy against the forest of the Negev.

Amos 7:16 · BSB

Now, therefore, hear the word of the LORD. You say: ‘Do not prophesy against Israel; do not preach against the house of Isaac.’

Micah 2:6 · BSB

“Do not preach,” they preach. “Do not preach these things; disgrace will not overtake us.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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

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

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