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 power will be fresh ⌞every day⌟, and the bow in my hand will remain new.’ 21“People listened to me eagerly, quietly waiting for my advice. After I had spoken, they wouldn’t speak again. After all, my words fell gently on them. 23They were as eager to hear me as they were for rain. They opened their mouths wide as if waiting for a spring shower. 24When I smiled at them, they could hardly believe it, but the expression on my face did not change.

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“Job’s friends have been overwhelmed and don’t have any more answers. They don’t have another word to say.
• Job 33:31“Pay attention, Job! Listen to me! Keep quiet, and let me speak.
• Isaiah 52:15He will cleanse many nations ⌞with his blood⌟. Kings will shut their mouths because of him. They will see things that they had never been told. They will understand things that they had never heard.
• Matthew 22:46No one could answer him, and from that time on no one dared to ask him another question.
• Deuteronomy 32:2Let my teachings come down like raindrops. Let my words drip like dew, like gentle rain on grass, like showers on green plants.
• Ezekiel 20:46“Son of man, turn to the south, preach against the south, and prophesy against the forest in the Negev.
• Amos 7:16“Now listen to the Lord’s word: You said, ‘Stop prophesying against Israel, and stop preaching against the descendants of Isaac.’
• Micah 2:6Your prophets say, “Don’t prophesy! Don’t prophesy such things! Disgrace will never overtake us.”

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