Job 29:22 KJV
After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
Words Then and Now
- spake spoke Still heard today: Thus Spake Zarathustra, the famous opening music of 2001: A Space Odyssey Webster’s 1828 · Speak
What these words mean in the King James Bible, and where you’ll still hear them today.
Matthew Henry
- His prospect of prosperityBeing thus honoured and useful, Job had hoped to die in peace and honour, in a good old age. If such an expectation arise from lively faith in the providence...
Thompson Chains
- SpeechSee the chain from Proverbs 17:27 · 4 links
Parallel Passages
- Job 29:10 The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).
Cross References
- Deuteronomy 32:2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:
- Song of Solomon 4:11 Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.
- Isaiah 52:15 So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider.
- Ezekiel 20:46 Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field;
- Matthew 22:46 And no man was able to answer him a word, neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions.
- Job 32:15–16 They were amazed, they answered no more: they left off speaking. …
- Job 33:31–33 Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak. …
- Amos 7:16 Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not thy word against the house of Isaac.
- Micah 2:6 Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, that they shall not take shame.
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Topics
- Job Complaints of, and replies by his three friends to
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Hebrew and Strong’s
- After אַחֲרֵי ʾaḥărê אַחַר Preposition
- my words דְבָרִי dĕbārî דָּבָר Noun · masculine singular construct · with suffix: first person common singular
- they spake not again לֹא lōʾ Negative יִשְׁנוּ yišnû שָׁנָה Verb · qal imperfect, third person masculine plural
- and my speech מִלָּתִי millātî מִלָּה Noun · feminine singular construct · with suffix: first person common singular
- dropped וְעָלֵימוֹ wĕʿālêmô Preposition · with and, suffix: third person masculine plural תִּטֹּף tiṭṭōp נָטַף Verb · qal imperfect, third person feminine singular
Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible · CC BY 4.0
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