Job 29:22–23

22 After I had spoken, they spoke no more;

my words fell gently on their ears.

23 They waited for me as for showers

and drank in my words as the spring rain.

22 After my words they spake not again;

And my speech dropped upon them.

23 And they waited for me as for the rain;

And they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.

22 And after I spoke, they had nothing to add,

for my counsel satisfied them.

23 They longed for me to speak as people long for rain.

They drank my words like a refreshing spring rain.

22 After my words they did not speak again,

And my speech settled on them as dew.

23 They waited for me as for the rain,

And they opened their mouth wide as for the spring rain.

22 After I finished speaking, they spoke no more.

My words fell very gently on their ears.

23 They waited for me as they would for rain

and drank in my words like spring rain.

22 After my words they spake not again;

And my speech distilled upon them.

23 And they waited for me as for the rain;

And they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.

22 After my words they spoke not again, and my speech dropped upon them; 23 And they waited for me as for the rain, and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.

22 After I had spoken, they wouldn’t speak again. 

After all, my words fell gently on them. 

23 They were as eager to hear me as they were for rain. 

They opened their mouths wide as if waiting for a spring shower. 

22 After a word from me they did not speak again;

my speech settled on them like dew.

23 They waited for me as for the rain

and opened their mouths as for spring showers.

22 After I spoke they did not speak again,

and my word dropped upon them like dew.

23 They waited for me as for the rain;

they opened their mouths as for the spring rain.

22 After my word, they did not speak again,

and my word dropped down like dew upon them.

23 And they waited for me as for the rain,

and they opened their mouth wide as for the spring rain.

22 After I had spoken, they didn’t speak anymore.

My words fell gently on their ears.

23 They waited for me just as they would wait for showers.

They drank my words just as they would drink the spring rain.

22 “After my words they did not speak again,

And my speech dropped on them.

23 “They waited for me as for the rain,

And opened their mouth as for the spring rain.