Verse List for JOB 29:23

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B I ◄ ← Job 29:23 ↓ → ► ═ ©

Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Iyyov (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) They waited for me like a farmer waits for rain, ⇔ ≈ and they opened their mouths wide like soil expecting the wet weather.

OET-LV And_they _waited like_rain to_me and_mouth _of_their they _opened _wide for_spring _rain.

ULT And they waited for me as, for rain, ⇔  and they opened their mouth, as for the latter rain.

UST They were as eager to hear me speak as farmers are for it to rain. ⇔  They listened to me with great appreciation, just as the ground seems to welcome the rain that falls in the spring.

BSB & MSB They waited for me as for rain ⇔  and drank in my words like spring showers.

OEB No OEB JOB book available

WEBBE & WMBB They waited for me as for the rain. ⇔  Their mouths drank as with the spring rain.

NET They waited for me as people wait for the rain, ⇔ and they opened their mouths ⇔ as for the spring rains.

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

FBV They waited for me like people waiting for rain; their mouths wide open for the spring rain.

T4T They waited for me to speak like they wait for rain; ⇔  they appreciated what I said like [MET] farmers appreciate the final rain in the spring before the dry season.

LEB • And they waited for me as for the rain,
• and they opened their mouth wide as for the spring rain.

BBE They were waiting for me as for the rain, opening their mouths wide as for the spring rains.

Moff they waited for me as for rain, ⇔ like the dry clods in spring for rain,

JPS And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.

ASV And they waited for me as for the rain; ⇔ And they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.

DRA They waited for me as for rain, and they opened their mouth as for a latter shower.

YLT And they wait as [for] rain for me, And their mouth they have opened wide [As] for the latter rain.

Drby And they waited for me as for the rain, and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.

RV And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.

SLT And they waited for me as the rain, and they opened wide their mouth for the latter rain.

Wbstr And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.

KJB-1769 And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.

KJB-1611 And they waited for me as for the raine, and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter raine.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps They wayted for me as for the raine: and gaped vpon me, as the grounde doeth to receaue the latter shoure.
(They waited for me as for the rain: and gaped upon me, as the ground doeth/does to receive the latter shoure.)

Gnva And they wayted for me, as for the raine, and they opened their mouth as for the latter rayne.
(And they waited for me, as for the rain, and they opened their mouth as for the latter rain.)

Cvdl They wayted for me, as the earth doth for the rayne: & gaped vpon me, as the groude doth to receaue the latter shower.
(They waited for me, as the earth doeth/does for the rain: and gaped upon me, as the ground doeth/does to receive the latter shower.)

Wycl Thei abididen me as reyn; and thei openyden her mouth as to the softe reyn `comynge late.
(They abided me as reyn; and they opened her mouth as to the softe rain coming late.)

Luth Sie warteten auf mich wie auf den Regen und sperreten ihren Mund auf als nach dem Abendregen.
(They/She waited on/in/to me as/like on/in/to the rain(n) and sperreten your(pl) mouth on/in/to as after to_him evening/nightregen.)

ClVg Expectabant me sicut pluviam, et os suum aperiebant quasi ad imbrem serotinum.[fn]
(Expectabant me like rain, and mouth his_own aperiebant as_if to rain latetinum.)

UHB וְ⁠יִֽחֲל֣וּ כַ⁠מָּטָ֣ר לִ֑⁠י וּ֝⁠פִי⁠הֶ֗ם פָּעֲר֥וּ לְ⁠מַלְקֽוֹשׁ׃ ‡

BrLXX Ὥσπερ γῆ διψῶσα προσδεχομένη τὸν ὑετὸν, οὕτως οὗτοι τὴν ἐμὴν λαλιάν.

BrTr As the thirsty earth expecting the rain, so they waited for my speech.