Job 29:22

Job 29:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
• New International Version (NIV)After I had spoken, they spoke no more; my words fell gently on their ears.
• English Standard Version (ESV)After I spoke they did not speak again, and my word dropped upon them.
• New King James Version (NKJV)After my words they did not speak again, And my speech settled on them as dew.

Context of Job 29:22

20My glory and honor are fresh in me [being constantly renewed], And my bow gains [ever] new strength in my hand.’ 21“They listened to me and waited And kept silent for my counsel. After I spoke, they did not speak again, And my speech dropped upon them [like a refreshing shower]. 23They waited for me [and for my words] as for the rain, And they opened their mouths as for the spring rain. 24I smiled at them when they did not believe, And they did not diminish the light of my face.

Job 29:22 word by word

אַחֲרֵ֣י דְ֭בָרִי לֹ֣א יִשְׁנ֑וּ וְ֝עָלֵ֗ימוֹ תִּטֹּ֥ף מִלָּתִֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Afterאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• my wordsדָּבָרdâbâr · word: speakingH1697
• they spake not againשָׁנָהshânâh · to repeatH8138
• and my speechמִלָּהmillâh milleh · speechH4405
• droppedנָטַףnâţaph · to drip/prophesyH5197

Cross-references for Job 29:22

• Job 32:15“They (Job’s friends) are dismayed and embarrassed, they no longer answer; The words have moved away and failed them,” [says Elihu].
• Job 33:31Pay attention, Job, listen to me; Keep silent, and I will speak.
• Isaiah 52:15So He will sprinkle many nations [with His blood, providing salvation], Kings will shut their mouths because of Him; For what they had not been told they will see, And what they had not heard they will understand.
• Matthew 22:46No one was able to say a word to Him in answer, nor from that day on did anyone dare to question Him again.
• Deuteronomy 32:2Let my teaching drop as the rain, My speech distill as the dew, As the light rain upon the tender grass, And as the spring showers upon the herb.
• Ezekiel 20:46“Son of man, set your face toward Teman, and speak out against the south and prophesy against the forest land of the Negev (the South),
• Amos 7:16Now therefore, listen to the word of the Lord: You say, ‘You shall not prophesy against Israel nor shall you speak against the house of Isaac.’
• Micah 2:6‘Do not speak out,’ so they speak out. But if they do not speak out concerning these things, Reproaches will not be turned back.

Commentaries on Job 29:22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22My speech dropped upon them - It descended as refreshing dew; they were encouraged, comforted, and strengthened by it.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22After my words they spake not again - The highest proof which could be given of deference. So full of respect were they that they did not dare to dispute him; so sagacious and wise was his counsel that they were satisfied with it, and did not presume to suggest any other. And my speech dropped upon them - That is, like the dew or the gentle rain. So in Deuteronomy 32:2: My doctrine shall drop as the rain; My speech shall distil as the dew, As the small…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18-25Verses 18-25 Being thus honoured and useful, Job had hoped to die in peace and honour, in a good old age. If such an expectation arise from lively faith in the providence and promise of God, it is well; but if from conceit of our own wisdom, and dependence on changeable, earthly things, it is ill grounded, and turns to sin. Every one that has the spirit of wisdom, has not the spirit of government; but Job had both. Yet he had the tenderness of a…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-25Job 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).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2222. not again--did not contradict me. dropped--affected their minds, as the genial rain does the soil on which it gently drops (Am 7:16; De 32:2; So 4:11).Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Aged
• Chief
• Ready
• Drop, Dropping
• Job, Book of
• Proverbs, the Book of
• bow and arrow, a bow

Commentaries on Job 29

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings