Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
After my word they change not, And on them doth my speech drop,
New American Standard Bible
And
King James Version
After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
Holman Bible
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.
The Emphasized Bible
After I had spoken, they spake not again, and, upon them, used my speech to drop;
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.
Interlinear
Shanah
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 29:22
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Final Defense
21 To me they have hearkened, Yea, they wait, and are silent for my counsel. 22 After my word they change not, And on them doth my speech drop, 23 And they wait as for rain for me, And their mouth they have opened wide As for the latter rain.
Names
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:2
Drop as rain doth My doctrine; Flow as dew doth My sayings; As storms on the tender grass, And as showers on the herb,
Job 32:15-16
(They have broken down, They have not answered again, They removed from themselves words.
Job 33:31-33
Attend, O Job, hearken to me, Keep silent, and I -- I do speak.
Song of Songs 4:11
Thy lips drop honey, O spouse, Honey and milk are under thy tongue, And the fragrance of thy garments Is as the fragrance of Lebanon.
Isaiah 52:15
So doth he sprinkle many nations. Concerning him kings shut their mouth, For that which was not recounted to them they have seen, And that which they had not heard they have understood!
Ezekiel 20:46
Son of man, set thy face the way of Teman, and prophesy unto the south, and prophesy unto the forest of the field -- the south;
Amos 7:16
And now, hear a word of Jehovah: thou art saying, Do not prophesy against Israel, nor drop any thing against the house of Isaac,
Micah 2:6
Ye do not prophesy -- they do prophesy, They do not prophesy to these, It doth not remove shame.
Matthew 22:46
And no one was able to answer him a word, nor durst any from that day question him any more.