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Read Full Chapter (Job 29) Job 29:22-23 KJV
"After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them. And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain."
Job Chapter 29, Verse 22-23
Job 29:22-23 in Context (Verses 19–25 KJV)
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My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.*
20
My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.**
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Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
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After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
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And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
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If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
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I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.