Parallel Verses
NET Bible
They waited for me as people wait for the rain, and they opened their mouths as for the spring rains.
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.
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 had spoken, they did not respond; my words fell on them drop by drop. 23 They waited for me as people wait for the rain, and they opened their mouths as for the spring rains. 24 If I smiled at them, they hardly believed it; and they did not cause the light of my face to darken.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Zechariah 10:1
Ask the Lord for rain in the season of the late spring rains -- the Lord who causes thunderstorms -- and he will give everyone showers of rain and green growth in the field.
Psalm 72:6
He will descend like rain on the mown grass, like showers that drench the earth.
Hosea 6:3
So let us acknowledge him! Let us seek to acknowledge the Lord! He will come to our rescue as certainly as the appearance of the dawn, as certainly as the winter rain comes, as certainly as the spring rain that waters the land."