New English Translation
Job 29:22
22After I had spoken, they did not respond; my words fell on them drop by drop.
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 will always be fresh in me, and my bow ever new in my hand.’ 21“People listened to me and waited silently; they kept silent for my advice. After I had spoken, they did not respond; my words fell on them drop by drop. 23They waited for me as people wait for the rain, and they opened their mouths as for the spring rains. 24If I smiled at them, they hardly believed it; and they did not cause the light of my face to darken.
Read all of Job 29Job 29:22 word by word
אַחֲרֵ֣י דְ֭בָרִי לֹ֣א יִשְׁנ֑וּ וְ֝עָלֵ֗ימוֹ תִּטֹּ֥ף מִלָּתִֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 29:22
- Job 32:15“They are dismayed and cannot answer any more; they have nothing left to say.
- Job 33:31Pay attention, Job – listen to me; be silent, and I will speak.
- Isaiah 52:15his form was so marred he no longer looked human – so now he will startle many nations. Kings will be shocked by his exaltation, for they will witness something unannounced to them, and they will understand something they had not heard about.
- Matthew 22:46No one was able to answer him a word, and from that day on no one dared to question him any longer.
- Deuteronomy 32:2My teaching will drop like the rain, my sayings will drip like the dew, as rain drops upon the grass, and showers upon new growth.
- Ezekiel 20:46“Son of man, turn toward the south, and speak out against the south. Prophesy against the open scrub land of the Negev,
- Amos 7:16So now listen to the Lord’s message! You say, ‘Don’t prophesy against Israel! Don’t preach against the family of Isaac!’
- Micah 2:6‘Don’t preach with such impassioned rhetoric,’ they say excitedly. ‘These prophets should not preach of such things; we will not be overtaken by humiliation.’
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
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
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