Job 29:23

Job 29:23 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

23They waited for me as for showers

and drank in my words as the spring rain.

23“They waited for me as for the rain,

And opened their mouths as for the late rain.

23“They waited for me [and for my words] as for the rain,

And they opened their mouths as for the spring rain.

23They waited for me as for rain

and drank in my words like spring showers.

23And they waited for me as for the rain;

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

23And they wayted for me, as for the raine, and they opened their mouth as for the latter rayne.

23They waited for me as for the rain.

Their mouths drank as with the spring rain.

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

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

23They would wait for me to speak to them,

like people who wait for rain to fall.

My words would make them happy,

like rain in spring that makes a farmer happy.

23And they wait for me as [for] rain, || And they have opened wide their mouth || [As] for the spring rain.