Job 29:22

King James Version 1611 (Original)

After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped 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 herb, and as the showers upon the grass:
  • Matt 22:46 : 46 And no man 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 spouse, 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; the 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 consider.
  • 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 south field;
  • Amos 7:16 : 16 Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not thy word against the house of Isaac.
  • Mic 2:6 : 6 Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, that they shall not take shame.
  • Job 32:15-16 : 15 They were amazed, they answered no more: they left off speaking. 16 When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, and answered 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 any thing to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to justify thee. 33 If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisdom.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 29:23-24
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    82%

    23 And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.

    24 If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.

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

  • Job 32:14-16
    3 verses
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    14 Now he hath not directed his words against me: neither will I answer him with your speeches.

    15 They were amazed, they answered no more: they left off speaking.

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

  • Job 29:9-11
    3 verses
    75%

    9 The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.

    10 The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.

    11 When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me:

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

    2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:

  • Ps 38:13-14
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    69%

    13 But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.

    14 Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.

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

    3 My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,

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

  • 11 Behold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your reasons, whilst ye searched out what to say.

  • 15 And when he had spoken such words unto me, I set my face toward the ground, and I became dumb.

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

  • 20 Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.

  • 27 Then 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.

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

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

  • 16 For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.

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

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

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

  • 3 There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.

  • 33 If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisdom.

  • 12 To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.

  • 1 Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to all my words.

  • 3 When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.

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

  • 28 Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly.

  • 14 They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the desolation they rolled themselves upon me.

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

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

    32 And, 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.

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

  • 20 For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.

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

  • 9 Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.

  • 19 And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more:

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

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

  • 16 I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him with my mouth.

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

  • 27 Therefore 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.

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

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