Job 29:23

Bishops' Bible (1568)

They wayted for me as for the raine: and gaped vpon me, as the grounde doeth to receaue the latter shoure.

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Referenced Verses

  • Zech 10:1 : 1 Pray the Lorde then betimes to geue the latter rayne, so shall the Lorde make bright cloudes, and geue you rayne inough, and to euery one grasse in the fielde.
  • Ps 72:6 : 6 He wyll come downe lyke the rayne into a fleece of wooll: euen as the droppes that water the earth.
  • Hos 6:3 : 3 Then shall we haue vnderstanding, and endeuour our selues to knowe the Lord: he shal go foorth as the spring of the day, & come vnto vs as the rayne, and as the latter rayne vnto the earth.

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    21Unto me men gaue eare, me they regarded, and with scilence they taried for my counsell.

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  • Job 29:24
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    24When I laughed, they beleued it not, & the light of my countenaunce would they not put out.

  • Job 32:15-16
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    15For they were so abashed, that they coulde not make aunswere, nor speake one worde.

    16When I had wayted (for they spake not, but stoode still and aunswered no more:)

  • Zech 10:1
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    1Pray the Lorde then betimes to geue the latter rayne, so shall the Lorde make bright cloudes, and geue you rayne inough, and to euery one grasse in the fielde.

  • Job 30:14
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    14They fell vpon me, as it had ben the breaking in of waters, and came in by heapes to destroy me.

  • Ps 22:13
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    13They gape vpon me with their mouthes: as it were a rampyng and a roryng lion.

  • Ps 119:131
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    131I opened my mouth and panted: for I bare a great affection to thy commaundementes.

  • Deut 32:1-2
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    1Heare O ye heauens, and I shal speake, and let the earth heare the wordes of my mouth.

    2My doctrine shal drop as doth the rayne: and my speache shall flowe as doth the deawe, as the shoure vpon the hearbes, and as the droppes vpon the grasse.

  • Jer 5:24
    70%

    24They thinke not in their heartes, O let vs feare the Lord our God, who geueth vs raine early and late when nede is, whiche kepeth euer still the haruest for vs yerely.

  • Job 36:27-28
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    27Sometime he restrayneth the rayne, and againe he sendeth rayne by his cloudes:

    28Which rayne the cloudes do droppe, and let fall aboundantly vpon men.

  • Jer 17:15-16
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    70%

    15Beholde, these men say vnto me, where is the worde of the Lorde? let it come nowe.

    16Wheras I neuerthelesse obediently folowed thee as a sheephearde, & haue not vncalled taken this office vpon me, this knowest thou well: my wordes also were ryght before thee.

  • Isa 55:10
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    10And lyke as the rayne and snowe commeth downe from heauen, and returneth not thyther agayne, but watereth the earth, maketh it fruitfull and greene, that it may geue corne vnto the sower, and bread to hym that eateth:

  • Ps 35:21
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    21They gaped vpon me with their mouthes: and said this is well, this is wel, our eye hath seene.

  • Job 3:24
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    24For my sighes come before I eate, and my roringes are powred out like the water:

  • Jer 14:22
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    22Are there any among the gods of the gentiles that sende rayne, or geue the showres from heauen? Art not thou thy selfe our Lorde God? we wyll trust in thee, for thou doest all these thynges.

  • Job 32:11
    69%

    11For when I had wayted till ye made an end of your talking, and hearde your wysdome, what argumentes ye made in your communication,

  • Ps 69:3
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    3I am weery of crying, my throte is drye: my syght fayleth me through the long attendaunce that I haue geuen vpon my Lorde.

  • Ps 130:5-6
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    68%

    5I haue wayted for God, my soule haue wayted for hym: and I haue reposed my trust in his worde.

    6My soule lifteth more after God, then watchmen do after the morning: I say more then watchmen do after the mornyng.

  • Job 24:8
    68%

    8They are wet with the showres of the mountaynes, and embrace the rocke for want of a couering.

  • Job 16:10
    68%

    10They haue opened their mouthes wide vpon me, and smitten me vpon the cheeke dispitefully, they gather the selues together against me.

  • Deut 11:14
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    14I also wyll geue rayne vnto your lande in due season, the first rayne and the latter, that thou mayest gather in thy corne, thy wine, and thyne oyle.

  • Joel 2:23
    68%

    23Be glad then ye children of Sion, and reioyce in the Lorde your God: for he hath geuen you moderate rayne, & he wyll sende downe for you the rayne, euen the first rayne & the latter rayne, in the first moneth.

  • Ps 109:2
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    2For the mouth of the vngodly and the mouth of the deceiptfull is opened vpon me: they haue spoken against me with a false tongue.

  • Ps 73:10
    68%

    10Therfore God his people turneth thither: and there is drawen vnto them waters in a full cuppe.

  • Isa 41:17
    68%

    17When the thirstie and poore seeke water and finde none, and when their tongue is drye of thirst, I geue it them saith the Lorde, I the God of Israel forsake them not.

  • Ps 104:27
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    27These wayte all vpon thee: that thou mayest geue them meate in due season.

  • Ps 40:1
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    1To the chiefe musition, a psalme of Dauid. I wayted patiently vpon God, and he enclined vnto me his eare: and heard my crying.

  • Jer 14:4
    67%

    4For the grounde is dryed, because there commeth no rayne vpon it: the plowmen also be ashamed and couer their heades.

  • Ps 105:41
    67%

    41He opened the rocke of stone and the waters flowed out: so that streames ranne in drye places.

  • Isa 30:23
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    23Then shall God geue rayne vnto thy seede, that thou shalt sowe the grounde withall, and bread of the increase of the earth, whiche shalbe fat and very plenteous: in that day also shall thy cattell be fed in large pastures.

  • Isa 32:3
    67%

    3The eyes of the seeing shall not be dim, and the eares of them that heare shall take diligent heede.

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    16For I sayde heare me lest that they shoulde triumph on me: who auaunce them selues greatly agaynst me when my foote doth slyp.

  • Amos 4:7
    67%

    7And also I haue withholden the rayne from you when there were yet three monethes to the haruest, and I caused it to rayne vpon one citie, and haue not caused it to rayne vpon an other citie: one peece was raigned vpon, & the peece whervpon it rayned not, withered.

  • Ezek 33:31
    67%

    31They come vnto thee as the people vseth to come, and my people syt before thee, and heare thy wordes, but they do not therafter: for in their mouthes they make a iest of them, and their heart goeth after their couetousnes.

  • Ps 78:23
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    23And yet he commaunded the cloudes aboue: and opened the doores of heauen.

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    19They that went to The man considered them, and they that went to Saba wayted for them.

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    67%

    49Myne eyes runne and cannot ceasse, for there is no rest:

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    13As for me, as one deafe I woulde not heare: and I was as one that is dumbe who coulde not open his mouth.

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    6They flocke together, they kepe them selues close: they marke my steppes, that they may lye in wayte for my soule.

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    27To satisfie the desolate and waste grounde, and to cause the budde of the hearbe to spring foorth.

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    26And I wyll set them as a blessing euen rounde about my hill, and I wyll cause raine to come downe in due season, and there shalbe raine of blessing.