Job 29:22
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“After my words, they spoke no more; my speech settled on them like dew.”
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BSBPD
“After my words, they spoke no more; my speech settled on them like dew.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“After my words they spake not again; And my speech distilled upon them.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“After my word they change not, And on them doth my speech drop,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Job 29:22 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 32:2Let my teaching fall like rain and my speech settle like dew, like gentle rain on new grass, like showers on tender plants.
- Job 32:15Job’s friends are dismayed, with no more to say; words have escaped them.
- Job 33:31Pay attention, Job, and listen to me; be silent, and I will speak.
- Song of Solomon 4:11Your lips, my bride, drip sweetness like the honeycomb; honey and milk are under your tongue, and the fragrance of your garments is like the aroma of Lebanon.
- Isaiah 52:15so He will sprinkle many nations. Kings will shut their mouths because of Him. For they will see what they have not been told, and they will understand what they have not heard.
- Ezekiel 20:46“Son of man, set your face toward the south, preach against it, and prophesy against the forest of the Negev.
- Amos 7:16Now, therefore, hear the word of the LORD. You say: ‘Do not prophesy against Israel; do not preach against the house of Isaac.’
- Micah 2:6“Do not preach,” they preach. “Do not preach these things; disgrace will not overtake us.”
- Micah 5:6And they will rule the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod with the blade drawn. So He will deliver us when Assyria invades our land and marches into our borders.
- Matthew 22:46No one was able to answer a word, and from that day on no one dared to question Him any further.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
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