Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
And they waited, as for rain, for me, and, their mouths, they opened wide for the spring-rain;
New American Standard Bible
And opened their mouth as for the spring rain.
King James Version
And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
Holman Bible
and opened their mouths as for spring showers.
International Standard Version
They waited for me as one waits for rain, as one opens his mouth to drink in a spring rain shower.
A Conservative Version
And they waited for me as for the rain. And they opened their mouth wide [as] for the latter rain.
American Standard Version
And they waited for me as for the rain; And they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
Amplified
“They waited for me [and for my words] as for the rain,
And they opened their mouths as for the spring rain.
Bible in Basic English
They were waiting for me as for the rain, opening their mouths wide as for the spring rains.
Darby Translation
And they waited for me as for the rain, and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
Julia Smith Translation
And they waited for me as the rain, and they opened wide their mouth for the latter rain.
King James 2000
And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And they waited for me as [for] the rain, and they opened their mouth wide [as] for [the] spring rain.
Modern King James verseion
And they waited for me like the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
They waited for me, as the earth doth for the rain; and gaped upon me, as the ground doth to receive the latter shower.
NET Bible
They waited for me as people wait for the rain, and they opened their mouths as for the spring rains.
New Heart English Bible
They waited for me as for the rain. Their mouths drank as with the spring rain.
Webster
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.
Youngs Literal Translation
And they wait as for rain for me, And their mouth they have opened wide As for the latter rain.
Interlinear
References
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 29:23
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Final Defense
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; 24 I laughed at them - they lost confidence, and, the light of my countenance, they suffered not to fail;
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Zechariah 10:1
Ask ye from Yahweh rain, in the time of the latter rain, Yahweh, who causeth flashes of lightning, - and, rain in abundant showers, giveth he unto them, to every man, herbage in the field;
Psalm 72:6
Let him come down, Like rain on fields to be mown, Like myriad drops on land to be reaped.
Hosea 6:3
Then let us know - let us press on to know - Yahweh, Like the dawn, is his coming forth assured, - that he may come like a down-pour upon us, like the harvest-rain, and the seed-rain of the land.