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

20People will continue to give me honour. Each day I will have new strength.” 21People waited patiently to hear to my advice. They listened carefully to what I said. After I had spoken, they did not say any more. They listened to every word and they thought about it. 23They would wait for me to speak to them, like people who wait for rain to fall. My words would make them happy, like rain in spring that makes a farmer happy. 24They were surprised when I smiled at them. My smile made them happy.

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 32:15Now they are upset! They have no more answers to give. There is nothing more that they can say.
• Job 33:31Job, listen carefully to me. Be quiet, and I will speak to you.
• Isaiah 52:15But now, he will cause the people in many nations to be very surprised! Kings will have nothing to say when they see how great he is. They will see something new that nobody had told them about. They will understand new things that they had not heard about before.
• Matthew 22:46Nobody could answer the question that Jesus asked. After this, everyone was afraid to ask Jesus any more questions.
• Deuteronomy 32:2My teaching will be like the rain that falls. My messages will help the people who hear them, as rain helps new grass to grow.
• Ezekiel 20:46‘Son of man, look towards the south. Speak my message to the people there. Warn the forests in the dry land of the south.
• Amos 7:16So listen to the Lord's message to you! You are telling me, “Do not speak God's message against Israel. Do not say that trouble is coming to Isaac's descendants.”
• Micah 2:6The people say to me, ‘Do not prophesy against us! Do not say that we will have trouble. God will not make us ashamed!’

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