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Job 29:23 KJV
Job · chapter 29 · verse 23
And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.Job 29:23 · King James Version
Job 29:23 in context
21Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
22After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
23And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
24If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
25I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- waitedyâchalto waitH3176 →
- openedpâʻarto yawnH6473 →
- mouthpehthe mouth , whether literal or figurativeH6310 →
- rainmâṭarrainH4306 →
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That which crowned Job's prosperity was the pleasing prospect he had of the continuance of it. Though he knew, in general, that he was liable to trouble, and therefore was not secure (Job 3:26, I was not in safety, neither had I rest), yet he had no particular occasion for fear, but as much reason as ever any man had…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 18-25