Job 29:23

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And they wait as `for' rain for me, And their mouth they have opened wide `As' for the latter rain.

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Referenced Verses

  • Zech 10:1 : 1 They asked of Jehovah rain in a time of latter rain, Jehovah is making lightnings, And rain `in' showers He doth give to them. To each -- the herb in the field.
  • Ps 72:6 : 6 He cometh down as rain on mown grass, As showers -- sprinkling the earth.
  • Hos 6:3 : 3 And we know -- we pursue to know Jehovah, As the dawn prepared is His going forth, And He cometh in as a shower to us, As gathered rain -- sprinkling earth.'

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    14As a wide breach they come, Under the desolation have rolled themselves.

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