Job 29:22

American Standard Version (1901)

After my words they spake not again; And my speech distilled upon them.

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 32:2 : 2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain; My speech shall distil as the dew, As the small rain upon the tender grass, And as the showers upon the herb.
  • Matt 22:46 : 46 And no one was able to answer him a word, neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions.
  • Song 4:11 : 11 Thy lips, O [my] bride, drop [as] the honeycomb: Honey and milk are under thy tongue; And the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.
  • Isa 52:15 : 15 so shall he sprinkle many nations; 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 understand.
  • Ezek 20:46 : 46 Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop [thy word] toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the field in the South;
  • Amos 7:16 : 16 Now therefore hear thou the word of Jehovah: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not [thy word] against the house of Isaac;
  • Mic 2:6 : 6 Prophesy ye not, [thus] they prophesy. They shall not prophesy to these: reproaches shall not depart.
  • Job 32:15-16 : 15 They are amazed, they answer no more: They have not a word to say. 16 And shall I wait, because they speak not, Because they stand still, and answer no more?
  • Job 33:31-33 : 31 Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: Hold thy peace, and I will speak. 32 If thou hast anything to say, answer me: Speak, for I desire to justify thee. 33 If not, hearken thou unto me: Hold thy peace, and I will teach thee wisdom.

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  • Job 29:23-24
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    23And they waited for me as for the rain; And they opened their mouth wide [as] for the latter rain.

    24I smiled on them, when they had no confidence; And the light of my countenance they cast not down.

  • 21Unto me men gave ear, and waited, And kept silence for my counsel.

  • Job 32:14-16
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    14For he hath not directed his words against me; Neither will I answer him with your speeches.

    15They are amazed, they answer no more: They have not a word to say.

    16And shall I wait, because they speak not, Because they stand still, and answer no more?

  • Job 29:9-11
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    9The princes refrained from talking, And laid their hand on their mouth;

    10The voice of the nobles was hushed, And their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.

    11For when the ear heard [me], then it blessed me; And when the eye saw [me], it gave witness unto me:

  • Deut 32:1-2
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    1Give ear, ye heavens, and I will speak; And let the earth hear the words of my mouth.

    2My doctrine shall drop as the rain; My speech shall distil as the dew, As the small rain upon the tender grass, And as the showers upon the herb.

  • Ps 38:13-14
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    13But I, as a deaf man, hear not; And I am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.

    14Yea, I am as a man that heareth not, And in whose mouth are no reproofs.

  • Ps 39:2-3
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    2I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; And my sorrow was stirred.

    3My heart was hot within me; While I was musing the fire burned: [Then] spake I with my tongue:

  • 31Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: Hold thy peace, and I will speak.

  • 11Behold, I waited for your words, I listened for your reasonings, Whilst ye searched out what to say.

  • 15and when he had spoken unto me according to these words, I set my face toward the ground, and was dumb.

  • 21But they held their peace, and answered him not a word; for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.

  • 20Shall it be told him that I would speak? Or should a man wish that he were swallowed up?

  • 27Then came all the princes unto Jeremiah, and asked him; and he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So they left off speaking with him; for the matter was not perceived.

  • 23Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech.

  • 22But if they had stood in my council, then had they caused my people to hear my words, and had turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.

  • 16For I said, Lest they rejoice over me: When my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.

  • 17They have ears, but they hear not; Neither is there any breath in their mouths.

  • 9And when David's young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased.

  • 30They would none of my counsel; They despised all my reproof.

  • 3There is no speech nor language; Their voice is not heard.

  • 33If not, hearken thou unto me: Hold thy peace, and I will teach thee wisdom.

  • 12to whom he said, This is the rest, give ye rest to him that is weary; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.

  • 1Howbeit, Job, I pray thee, hear my speech, And hearken to all my words.

  • 3When I kept silence, my bones wasted away Through my groaning all the day long.

  • 20I will speak, that I may be refreshed; I will open my lips and answer.

  • 28Which the skies pour down And drop upon man abundantly.

  • 14As through a wide breach they come: In the midst of the ruin they roll themselves [upon me] .

  • 17And Jehovah said unto me, They have well said that which they have spoken.

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    31And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but do them not; for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goeth after their gain.

    32And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument; for they hear thy words, but they do them not.

  • 19because they have not hearkened to my words, saith Jehovah, wherewith I sent unto them my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; but ye would not hear, saith Jehovah.

  • 20For they speak not peace; But they devise deceitful words against them that are quiet in the land.

  • 9I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; Because thou didst it.

  • 9And if I say, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name, then there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary with forbearing, and I cannot [contain] .

  • 19and the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which [voice] they that heard entreated that no word more should be spoken unto them;

  • 6And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these words.

  • 3And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken.

  • 16I call unto my servant, and he giveth me no answer, [Though] I entreat him with my mouth.

  • 22Now the hand of Jehovah had been upon me in the evening, before he that was escaped came; and he had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb.

  • 27And thou shalt speak all these words unto them; but they will not hearken to thee: thou shalt also call unto them; but they will not answer thee.

  • 6Hear now my reasoning, And hearken to the pleadings of my lips.

  • 36But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word; for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.