Job 29:23

Coverdale Bible (1535)

They wayted for me, as the earth doth for the rayne: & gaped vpon me, as the groude doth to receaue the latter shower.

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Referenced Verses

  • Zech 10:1 : 1 Praye the LORDE then by tymes to geue you the latter rayne, so shall the LORDE make cloudes, and geue you rayne ynough for all the increase off the felde:
  • Ps 72:6 : 6 He shal come downe like the rayne in to a flese of woll, and like the droppes that water ye earth.
  • Hos 6:3 : 3 Then shal we haue vnderstondinge, & endeuoure oure selues to knowe the LORDE. He shal go forth as the sprynge of the daye, and come vnto vs as the euenynge and mornynge rayne vpon the earth.

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  • Deut 32:1-2
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    1Herken (O ye heauens) I wyll speake: and let the earth heare the wordes of my mouth.

    2My doctryne droppe as doth the raine, and my speach flowe as doth the dew. Euen as the rayne vpon the grasse, and as the droppes vpon the herbe.

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    24They thinke not in their hartes: O let vs feare the LORDE oure God, that geueth vs rayne early and late, when nede is: which kepeth euer still the haruest for vs yearly.

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    15Beholde, these men saye vnto me: Where is the worde of the LORDE? Let it come.

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    21They gape vpon me wt their mouthes, sayenge: there there: we se it with oure eyes.

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  • Jer 14:22
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