Job 29:23

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

They waited for me as people wait for the rain, and they opened their mouths as for the spring rains.

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Referenced Verses

  • Zech 10:1 : 1 The Restoration of the True People Ask the LORD for rain in the season of the late spring rains– the LORD who causes thunderstorms– and he will give everyone showers of rain and green growth in the field.
  • Ps 72:6 : 6 He will descend like rain on the mown grass, like showers that drench the earth.
  • Hos 6:3 : 3 So let us search for him! Let us seek to know the LORD! He will come to our rescue as certainly as the appearance of the dawn, as certainly as the winter rain comes, as certainly as the spring rain that waters the land.”

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