Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
They waited for me as one waits for rain, as one opens his mouth to drink in a spring rain shower.
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.
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.
The Emphasized Bible
And they waited, as for rain, for me, and, their mouths, they opened wide for 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 spoke, they had nothing to say, when what I said hit them. 23 They waited for me as one waits for rain, as one opens his mouth to drink in a spring rain shower. 24 I smiled at them when they had no confidence, and no one could discourage me.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Zechariah 10:1
"Ask the LORD for rain in the spring the LORD who fashions lightning thunderstorms, giving rain showers to mankind along with grain in the fields.
Psalm 72:6
May he be like the rain that descends on mown grass, like showers sprinkling on the ground.
Hosea 6:3
Let us know, let us pursue knowledge of the LORD; his coming is as certain as the dawn. He will come to us like the rain, like the autumn and spring rains come on the earth.