After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
Parallel translations
- WEB After my words they didn’t speak again. My speech fell on them.
- BSB After my words, they spoke no more; my speech settled on them like dew.
- 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 32:2My 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:
- Song 4:11Thy 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 52:15So 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.
- Matt 22:46And no man was able to answer him a word, neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions.
- Ezek 20:46Son 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 7:16Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not thy word against the house of Isaac.
- Job 32:15–16They were amazed, they answered no more: they left off speaking.
- Mic 2:6Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, that they shall not take shame.
- Job 33:31–33Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak.
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