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 is ever new with me, And my bow is renewed in my hand.’ 21“To me they listened and waited, And they kept silent for my advice. After my words they did not speak again, And my speech dropped on them. 23They waited for me as for the rain, And opened their mouths as for the late rain. 24I smiled at them when they did not believe, And they did not look at my kindness ungraciously.

Job 29:22 word by word

אַחֲרֵ֣י דְ֭בָרִי לֹ֣א יִשְׁנ֑וּ וְ֝עָלֵ֗ימוֹ תִּטֹּ֥ף מִלָּתִֽי׃Read the interlinear

• Afterאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• my wordsדָּבָרdâbâr · word: speakingH1697
• they didשָׁנָהshânâh · to changeH8138
• my speechמִלָּהmillâh milleh · speechH4405
• droppedנָטַףnâţaph · to drip/prophesyH5197

Cross-references for Job 29:22

• Job 32:15“They are dismayed, they no longer answer; Words have failed them.
• Job 33:31Pay attention, Job, listen to me; Keep silent, and let me speak.
• Isaiah 52:15So He will sprinkle many nations, Kings will shut their mouths on account 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 offer Him a word in answer, nor did anyone dare from that day on to ask Him any more questions.
• Deuteronomy 32:2May my teaching drip as the rain, My speech trickle as the dew, As droplets on the fresh grass, And as the showers on the vegetation.
• Ezekiel 20:46“Son of man, set your face toward the south, and speak prophetically against the south and prophesy against the forest land of the Negev,
• Amos 7:16So now hear the word of the Lord: you are saying, ‘You shall not prophesy against Israel nor shall you prophesy against the house of Isaac.’
• Micah 2:6‘Do not prophesy,’ so they prophesy. But if they do not prophesy about these things, Insults 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