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Job Chapter 29 verse 23 Holy Bible

ASV Job 29:23

And they waited for me as for the rain; And they opened their mouth wide `as' for the latter rain.
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BBE Job 29:23

They were waiting for me as for the rain, opening their mouths wide as for the spring rains.
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DARBY Job 29:23

And they waited for me as for the rain, and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
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KJV Job 29:23

And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
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WBT Job 29:23

And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
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WEB Job 29:23

They waited for me as for the rain. Their mouths drank as with the spring rain.
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YLT Job 29:23

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

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 23. - They waited for me as for the rain; i.e. "they were as eager to heat' me speak as the parched ground is to receive the winter rain, which it expects and waits for and absorbs greedily." And they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain. They drank in my discourse as the spring vegetation drinks in the spring showers, known in the East generally as "the latter rains."

Ellicott's Commentary