Job 29:23

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They waited for me as for rain, and they opened their mouths wide for the spring rain.

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Referenced Verses

  • Zech 10:1 : 1 Ask the LORD for rain in the spring season. It is the LORD who makes lightning flashes and provides abundant rain for everyone, giving vegetation in the fields.
  • Ps 72:6 : 6 He will come down like rain upon cut grass, like showers that water the earth.
  • Hos 6:3 : 3 Let us acknowledge the LORD; let us press on to know Him. His coming is as certain as the dawn, and He will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain that waters the earth.

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    14They come in as through a wide breach; chaos rolls in like a wave under the crash of destruction.

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    13Many bulls surround me; strong ones of Bashan encircle me.

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    131I open my mouth wide and pant, longing for Your commandments.

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    21They open their mouths wide against me and say, 'Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen it!'

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