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 shall be fresh in me, and my bow be renewed in my hand. 21Unto me they listened, and waited, and kept silence for my counsel: After my words they spoke not again, and my speech dropped upon them; 23And they waited for me as for the rain, and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain. 24[If] I laughed on them, they believed [it] not; and they troubled not the serenity of my countenance.

Job 29:22 word by word

אַחֲרֵ֣י דְ֭בָרִי לֹ֣א יִשְׁנ֑וּ וְ֝עָלֵ֗ימוֹ תִּטֹּ֥ף מִלָּתִֽי׃Read the interlinear

• wordsדָּבָרdâbâr · word: speakingH1697
• speechמִלָּהmillâh milleh · speechH4405

Cross-references for Job 29:22

• Job 32:15They were amazed, they answered no more; words failed them.
• Job 33:31Mark well, Job, hearken unto me; be silent, and I will speak.
• Isaiah 52:15— so shall he astonish many nations; kings shall shut their mouths at him: for what had not been told them shall they see, and what they had not heard shall they consider.
• Matthew 22:46And no one was able to answer him a word, nor did any one dare from that day to question him any more.
• Deuteronomy 32:2My doctrine shall drop as rain, My speech flow down as dew, As small rain upon the tender herb, And as showers on the grass.
• Ezekiel 20:46Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop [words] against the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field;
• Amos 7:16And now hear thou the word of Jehovah: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and utter not [words] against the house of Isaac.
• Micah 2:6Prophesy ye not, they prophesy. If they do not prophesy to these, the ignominy will not depart.

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