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Job 29:23

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

KJV

Expectabant me sicut pluviam, et os suum aperiebant quasi ad imbrem serotinum.

Vulgate

ὥσπερ γῆ διψῶσα προσδεχομένη τὸν ὑετόν, οὕτως οὗτοι τὴν ἐμὴν λαλιάν.

LXX

And they waited for me as for the rain; And they opened their mouth wideasfor the latter rain.

ASV

וְ/יִֽחֲל֣וּ כַ/מָּטָ֣ר לִ֑/י וּ֝/פִי/הֶ֗ם פָּעֲר֥וּ לְ/מַלְקֽוֹשׁ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

י
y
noun · 496×
יִחָֽלְתִּי
ychlty
verb · 40×
מַלְק֖וֹשׁ
mlqvsh
noun · 8×
מָטָ֖ר
mtr
noun · 38×
פָעֲרָ֥ה
p'rh
verb · 4×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Hos 6:3 — Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.
  • Hos 6:3 — Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.
  • Prov 16:15 — In the light of the king’s countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.
  • Ps 72:6 — He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.
  • Ps 119:131 — I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments.
  • Zech 10:1 — Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.
  • Zech 10:1 — Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.