Job 29:23
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“They waited for me as for rain and drank in my words like spring showers.”
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“They waited for me as for rain and drank in my words like spring showers.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And they waited for me as for the rain; And they opened their mouth wideasfor the latter rain.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And they wait as <FI>for<Fi> rain for me, And their mouth they have opened wide <FI>As<Fi> for the latter rain.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 29:23 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 72:6May he be like rain that falls on freshly cut grass, like spring showers that water the earth.
- Jeremiah 5:24They have not said in their hearts, ‘Let us fear the LORD our God, who gives the rains, both autumn and spring, in season, who keeps for us the appointed weeks of harvest.’
- Hosea 6:3So let us know— let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the earth.
- Zechariah 10:1Ask the LORD for rain in springtime;the LORD makes the storm clouds,and He will give everyone showers of rainand crops in the field.
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