Job 29:23
Job 29:23 — The New International Version (NIV)
23 They waited for me as for showers
and drank in my words as the spring rain.
Job 29:23 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
23 And they waited for me as for the rain;
And they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
Job 29:23 — New Living Translation (NLT)
23 They longed for me to speak as people long for rain.
They drank my words like a refreshing spring rain.
Job 29:23 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
23 They waited for me as for the rain,
And they opened their mouth wide as for the spring rain.
Job 29:23 — New Century Version (NCV)
23 They waited for me as they would for rain
and drank in my words like spring rain.
Job 29:23 — American Standard Version (ASV)
23 And they waited for me as for the rain;
And they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
Job 29:23 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
23 And they waited for me as for the rain, and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
Job 29:23 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
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.
Job 29:23 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
23 They waited for me as for the rain
and opened their mouths as for spring showers.
Job 29:23 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
23 They waited for me as for the rain;
they opened their mouths as for the spring rain.
Job 29:23 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
23 And they waited for me as for the rain,
and they opened their mouth wide as for the spring rain.
Job 29:23 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
23 They waited for me just as they would wait for showers.
They drank my words just as they would drink the spring rain.
Job 29:23 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
23 “They waited for me as for the rain,
And opened their mouth as for the spring rain.