Job 29:22 · KJV
“After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.”
— Job 29:22
Unto me {men} gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide {as} for the latter rain.
Job 29 — Context
My glory {was} fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand. {fresh: Heb. new} {renewed: Heb. changed}
21Unto me {men} gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
22After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
23And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide {as} for the latter rain.
24{If} I laughed on them, they believed {it} not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:2
My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:
Ezekiel 20:46
Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop {thy word} toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field;
Isaiah 52:15
So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for {that} which had not been told them shall they see; and {that} which they had not heard shall they consider.
Song of Solomon 4:11
Thy lips, O {my} spouse, drop {as} the honeycomb: honey and milk {are} under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments {is} like the smell of Lebanon.
Job 32:15-16
They were amazed, they answered no more: they left off speaking. {left...: Heb. removed speeches from themselves}
Micah 2:6
Prophesy ye not, {say they to them that} prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, {that} they shall not take shame. {Prophesy ye...: or, Prophesy not as they prophesy: Heb. Drop, etc}
Job 33:31-33
Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak.