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 — English Standard Version (ESV)
23 They waited for me as for the rain,
and they opened their mouths as for 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.