Tree of Life Version
Job 29:22
22After I had spoken, they spoke no more; 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 is fresh within me, and my bow is renewed in my hand.’ 21“People listened to me and waited, and kept silent for my advice. After I had spoken, they spoke no more; my words fell on them drop by drop. 23They waited for me as for the rain, and opened their mouths as for spring rain. 24When I joked with them, they hardly believed it; they did not cause the light of my face to fall.
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 no longer reply; words have failed them.
- Job 33:31Pay attention, Job, listen to me; Be silent, and I will speak.
- Isaiah 52:15So He will sprinkle many nations. Kings will shut their mouths because of Him, for what had not been told them they will see, and what they had not heard they will perceive.
- Matthew 22:46No one was able to answer Him a word. Nor did anyone dare from that day on to question Him any longer.
- Deuteronomy 32:2May my teaching trickle like rain, my speech distill like dew— like gentle rain on new grass, like showers on tender plants.
- Amos 7:16So now, hear the word of Adonai: You are saying, ‘Do not prophesy against Israel and do not preach against the house of Isaac.’
- Micah 2:6“Do not prophesy,” they prophesy. Unless they prophesy about such things, He will not turn back reproaches.”
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
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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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