After my words, they spoke no more; my speech settled on them like dew.
Parallel translations
- WEB After my words they didn’t speak again. My speech fell on them.
- KJV After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
- NKJV After my words they did not speak again, And my speech settled on them as dew.
- NASB “After my words they did not speak again, And my speech dropped on them.
- NLT And after I spoke, they had nothing to add, for my counsel satisfied them.
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Quick answer
After Job spoke, no one added a word; his speech fell gently and refreshingly on his hearers.
Overview
Job describes the weight and welcome of his words, which settled on his listeners like refreshing rain and ended all further discussion. His counsel was both authoritative and nourishing. This memory of being heard and valued contrasts with his friends' present dismissal of him, deepening his sense of isolation in suffering.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Deut 32:2Let my teaching fall like rain and my speech settle like dew, like gentle rain on new grass, like showers on tender plants.
- Song 4:11Your lips, my bride, drip sweetness like the honeycomb; honey and milk are under your tongue, and the fragrance of your garments is like the aroma of Lebanon.
- Isa 52:15so He will sprinkle many nations. Kings will shut their mouths because of Him. For they will see what they have not been told, and they will understand what they have not heard.
- Matt 22:46No one was able to answer a word, and from that day on no one dared to question Him any further.
- Ezek 20:46“Son of man, set your face toward the south, preach against it, and prophesy against the forest of the Negev.
- Amos 7:16Now, therefore, hear the word of the LORD. You say: ‘Do not prophesy against Israel; do not preach against the house of Isaac.’
- Job 32:15–16Job’s friends are dismayed, with no more to say; words have escaped them.
- Mic 2:6“Do not preach,” they preach. “Do not preach these things; disgrace will not overtake us.”
- Job 33:31–33Pay attention, Job, and listen to me; be silent, and I will speak.
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