Job 29:21–22
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Job’s Reputation
29:21“People37 listened to me and waited silently;38
they kept silent for my advice.
29:22After I had spoken, they did not respond;
my words fell on them drop by drop.39
Footnotes
- 37 “People” is supplied; the verb is plural.
- 38 The last verb of the first half, “wait, hope,” and the first verb in the second colon, “be silent,” are usually reversed by the commentators (see G. R. Driver, “Problems in the Hebrew text of Job,” 3 [1955]: 86). But if “wait” has the idea of being silent as they wait for him to speak, then the second line would say they were silent for the reason of his advice. The reading of the is not impossible.
- 39 The verb simply means “dropped,” but this means like the rain. So the picture of his words falling on them like the gentle rain, drop by drop, is what is intended (see Deut 32:2).
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
“Men listened to me and waited
and kept silence for my counsel.
After I spoke they did not speak again,
and my word dropped upon them.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
“People listened to me expectantly,
waiting in silence for my counsel.
After I had spoken, they spoke no more;
my words fell gently on their ears.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Men listened to me with expectation,
waiting silently for my advice.
After a word from me they did not speak again;
my speech settled on them like dew.
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NLTNew Living Translation
“Everyone listened to my advice.
They were silent as they waited for me to speak.
And after I spoke, they had nothing to add,
for my counsel satisfied them.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
“They listened to me and waited,
and they kept silent for my counsel.
After my word, they did not speak again,
and my word dropped down like dew upon them.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King James Version
Unto me men gave ear, and waited,
And kept silence at my counsel.
After my words they spake not again;
And my speech dropped upon them.
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