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Job 29:23
Job 29:23 is verse 23 of Job chapter 29, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
They waited for me as for rain and drank in my words like spring showers.
King James Version
And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
World English Bible
They waited for me as for the rain. Their mouths drank as with the spring rain.
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Job 29:21–25 · Berean Standard Bible
21 Men listened to me with expectation, waiting silently for my counsel.
22 After my words, they spoke no more; my speech settled on them like dew.
23 They waited for me as for rain and drank in my words like spring showers.
24 If I smiled at them, they did not believe it; the light of my countenance was precious.
25 I chose their course and presided as chief. So I dwelt as a king among his troops, as a comforter of the mourners.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Psalms 72:6May he be like rain that falls on freshly cut grass, like spring showers that water the earth.
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 rain and crops in the field.