Parallel Verses

The Emphasized Bible

After I had spoken, they spake not again, and, upon them, used my speech to drop;

New American Standard Bible

“After my words they did not speak again,
And my speech dropped on them.

King James Version

After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.

Holman Bible

After a word from me they did not speak again;
my speech settled on them like dew.

International Standard Version

After I spoke, they had nothing to say, when what I said hit them.

A Conservative Version

After my words they spoke not again, and my speech distilled upon them.

American Standard Version

After my words they spake not again; And my speech distilled upon them.

Amplified


“After I spoke, they did not speak again,
And my speech dropped upon them [like a refreshing shower].

Bible in Basic English

After I had said what was in my mind, they were quiet and let my words go deep into their hearts;

Darby Translation

After my words they spoke not again, and my speech dropped upon them;

Julia Smith Translation

After my words they will not repeat, and my speech will drop upon them.

King James 2000

After my words they spoke not again; and my speech dropped upon them.

Lexham Expanded Bible

After my word, they did not speak again, and my word dropped down [like dew] upon them.

Modern King James verseion

After my words they did not go on; and my speech dropped on them.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

If I had spoken, they would have it none other ways, my words were so well taken among them.

NET Bible

After I had spoken, they did not respond; my words fell on them drop by drop.

New Heart English Bible

After my words they did not speak again. My speech fell on them.

Webster

After my words they spoke not again; and my speech dropped upon them.

World English Bible

After my words they didn't speak again. My speech fell on them.

Youngs Literal Translation

After my word they change not, And on them doth my speech drop,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
אחר 
'achar 
Usage: 488

my words
דּבר 
Dabar 
Usage: 1438

and my speech
מלּה מלּה 
Millah 
Usage: 38

נטף 
Nataph 
Usage: 18

Verse Info

Context Readings

Job's Final Defense

21 To me, men hearkened, and waited, and kept silence for my counsel; 22 After I had spoken, they spake not again, and, upon them, used my speech to drop; 23 And they waited, as for rain, for me, and, their mouths, they opened wide for the spring-rain;


Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:2

Let my teaching drop as the rain, Let my speech distil as the dew, - As copious rains on tender grass, As myriad drops on seeding plants.

Job 32:15-16

They were dismayed, they responded no more, they suffered speech to forsake them;

Job 33:31-33

Mark well, O Job, and hearken to me, Be silent, and, I, will speak:

Song of Songs 4:11

With sweetness, thy lips do drip, O bride, - Honey and milk, are under thy tongue, and, the fragrance of thy garments, is like the fragrance of Lebanon.

Isaiah 52:15

The more doth he startle Many nations, Before him, have kings closed their mouth, - For, that which had not been related to them, have they seen, And that which they had not heard, haw they diligently considered.

Ezekiel 20:46

Son of man Set thy face the way towards Teman, And drop thy word against the land of the sun, And prophesy unto the forest of the field of the South;

Amos 7:16

Now, therefore, hear thou the word of Yahweh, - Thou art saying, Thou must not prophesy concerning Israel, nor let thy word drop down upon the house of Isaac.

Micah 2:6

Do not sputter - So they sputter! They must not sputter as to these things, Must he not put away reproaches?

Matthew 22:46

And, no one, was able to answer him a word, neither durst anyone, from that day, question him, any more.

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