Job 29:23

Geneva Bible (1560)

And they wayted for me, as for the raine, and they opened their mouth as for the latter rayne.

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Referenced Verses

  • Zech 10:1 : 1 Aske you of the Lord raine in the time of the latter raine: so shall the Lorde make white cloudes, and giue you showers of raine, and to euery one grasse in the field.
  • Ps 72:6 : 6 He shall come downe like the rayne vpon the mowen grasse, and as the showres that water the earth.
  • Hos 6:3 : 3 Then shall we haue knowledge, and indeuour our selues to know the Lord: his going forth is prepared as the morning, and he shall come vnto vs as the raine, and as the latter raine vnto the earth.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 29:21-22
    2 verses
    82%

    21 Vnto me men gaue eare, and wayted, and helde their tongue at my counsell.

    22 After my wordes they replied not, and my talke dropped vpon them.

  • Job 29:24
    75%

    24 If I laughed on them, they beleeued it not: neither did they cause the light of my countenance to fall.

  • Job 32:15-16
    2 verses
    73%

    15 Then they fearing, answered no more, but left off their talke.

    16 When I had wayted (for they spake not, but stood still and answered no more)

  • Zech 10:1
    71%

    1 Aske you of the Lord raine in the time of the latter raine: so shall the Lorde make white cloudes, and giue you showers of raine, and to euery one grasse in the field.

  • Job 30:14
    71%

    14 They came as a great breach of waters, & vnder this calamitie they come on heapes.

  • Ps 22:13
    71%

    13 They gape vpon me with their mouthes, as a ramping and roaring lyon.

  • Ps 119:131
    71%

    131 I opened my mouth and panted, because I loued thy commaundements.

  • Deut 32:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1 Hearken, ye heauens, and I will speake: and let the earth heare the words of my mouth.

    2 My doctrine shall drop as the raine, and my speech shal stil as the dew, as the showre vpo the herbes, and as the great raine vpon the grasse.

  • Jer 5:24
    70%

    24 For they say not in their heart, Let vs nowe feare the Lorde our God, that giueth raine both early and late in due season: hee reserueth vnto vs the appointed weekes of the haruest.

  • Job 36:27-28
    2 verses
    70%

    27 When he restraineth the droppes of water, the rayne powreth down by the vapour thereof,

    28 Which raine the cloudes do droppe and let fall abundantly vpon man.

  • Jer 17:15-16
    2 verses
    70%

    15 Behold, they say vnto me, Where is the word of the Lord? let it come nowe.

    16 But I haue not thrust in my selfe for a pastour after thee, neither haue I desired the day of miserie, thou knowest: that which came out of my lips, was right before thee.

  • Isa 55:10
    70%

    10 Surely as the raine commeth downe and the snow from heauen, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth and maketh it to bring forth and bud, that it may giue seede to the sower, and bread vnto him that eateth,

  • Ps 35:21
    69%

    21 And they gaped on mee with their mouthes, saying, Aha, aha, our eye hath seene.

  • Job 3:24
    69%

    24 For my sighing commeth before I eate, and my roarings are powred out like the water.

  • Jer 14:22
    69%

    22 Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles, that can giue raine? or can the heauens giue showres? is it not thou, O Lorde our God? therefore we will waite vpon thee: for thou hast made all these things.

  • Job 32:11
    69%

    11 Behold, I did waite vpon your wordes, and hearkened vnto your knowledge, whiles you sought out reasons.

  • Ps 69:3
    68%

    3 I am wearie of crying: my throte is drie: mine eyes faile, whiles I waite for my God.

  • Ps 130:5-6
    2 verses
    68%

    5 I haue waited on the Lord: my soule hath waited, and I haue trusted in his worde.

    6 My soule waiteth on the Lorde more then the morning watch watcheth for the morning.

  • Job 24:8
    68%

    8 They are wet with the showres of the moutaines, and they imbrace the rocke for want of a couering.

  • Job 16:10
    68%

    10 They haue opened their mouthes vpon me, and smitten me on the cheeke in reproch; they gather themselues together against me.

  • Deut 11:14
    68%

    14 I also wil giue raine vnto your land in due time, the first raine & the latter, that thou maist gather in thy wheat, and thy wine, & thine oyle.

  • Joel 2:23
    68%

    23 Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and reioyce in the Lorde your God: for he hath giuen you the rayne of righteousnes, he wil cause to come downe for you the rayne, euen the first raine, and the latter raine in the first moneth.

  • Ps 109:2
    68%

    2 For the mouth of the wicked, and the mouth full of deceite are opened vpon me: they haue spoken to me with a lying tongue.

  • Ps 73:10
    68%

    10 Therefore his people turne hither: for waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.

  • Isa 41:17
    68%

    17 When the poore and the needy seeke water, & there is none (their tongue faileth for thirst: I the Lorde will heare them: I the God of Israel will not forsake them)

  • Ps 104:27
    68%

    27 All these waite vpon thee, that thou maiest giue them foode in due season.

  • Ps 40:1
    67%

    1 To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid. I Waited paciently for the Lorde, and he inclined vnto me, and heard my cry.

  • Jer 14:4
    67%

    4 For the grounde was destroyed, because there was no rayne in the earth: the plowmen were ashamed, and couered their heads.

  • Ps 105:41
    67%

    41 He opened the rocke, and the waters flowed out, and ranne in the drye places like a riuer.

  • Isa 30:23
    67%

    23 Then shall hee giue raine vnto thy seede, when thou shalt sowe the ground, and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shalbe fat and as oyle: in that day shall thy cattell be fed in large pastures.

  • Isa 32:3
    67%

    3 The eyes of the seeing shal not be shut, and the eares of them that heare, shall hearken.

  • Ps 38:16
    67%

    16 For I said, Heare me, least they reioyce ouer me: for when my foote slippeth, they extol themselues against me.

  • Amos 4:7
    67%

    7 And also I haue withholden the raine from you, when there were yet three moneths to the haruest, and I caused it to raine vpon one citie, & haue not caused it to raine vpo another citie: one piece was rained vpon, and the piece whereupon it rained not, withered.

  • Ezek 33:31
    67%

    31 For they come vnto thee, as the people vseth to come: and my people sit before thee, and heare thy wordes, but they will not doe them: for with their mouthes they make iestes, and their heart goeth after their couetousnesse.

  • Ps 78:23
    67%

    23 Yet he had comanded the clouds aboue, and had opened the doores of heauen,

  • Job 6:19
    67%

    19 They that go to Tema, considered them, and they that goe to Sheba, waited for them.

  • Lam 3:49
    67%

    49 Mine eye droppeth without stay and ceaseth not,

  • Ps 38:13
    67%

    13 But I as a deafe man heard not, and am as a dumme man, which openeth not his mouth.

  • Ps 56:6
    67%

    6 They gather together, and keepe them selues close: they marke my steps, because they waite for my soule.

  • Isa 18:4
    67%

    4 For so the Lord saide vnto me, I will rest and beholde in my tabernacle, as the heate drying vp the rayne, and as a cloude of dewe in the heate of haruest.

  • Isa 28:23
    67%

    23 Hearken ye, and heare my voyce: hearken ye, and heare my speach.

  • Jas 5:7
    67%

    7 Be patient therefore, brethren, vnto the comming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman wayteth for the precious fruite of the earth, and hath long patience for it, vntill he receiue the former, and the latter rayne.

  • Job 38:27
    67%

    27 To fulfil the wilde and waste place, and to cause the bud of the herbe to spring forth?

  • Ezek 34:26
    67%

    26 And I wil set them, as a blessing, euen roud about my mountaine: and I will cause rayne to come downe in due season, & there shalbe raine of blessing.