Job 29:22

Translations

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

After my word, they did not speak again, and my speech dripped upon them.

Latin

Verbis meis addere nihil audebant, et super illos stillabat eloquium meum.

Original

Hebrew

English

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

Notes

Job 29:1–31:40

Job compares his past happiness, honor, and wealth with his current loss of social dignity and divine friendship (chapters 29 and 30). He ends his speech with broad vows of innocence (chapter 31).

Events

Job's Trialc. 1650 BC

Related verses

Deuteronomy 32:2
Let my teaching fall like rain and my speech settle like dew, like gentle rain on new grass, like showers on tender plants.
Ezekiel 20:46
“Son of man, set your face toward the south, preach against it, and prophesy against the forest of the Negev.
Isaiah 52:15
…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
No one was able to answer a word, and from that day on no one dared to question Him any further.
Song of Solomon 4:11
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.
Amos 7:16
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
“Do not preach,” they preach. “Do not preach these things; disgrace will not overtake us.”
Job 33:31–33
Pay attention, Job, and listen to me; be silent, and I will speak.
Job 32:15–16
Job’s friends are dismayed, with no more to say; words have escaped them.

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Job 29:22

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