King James Version
Job 29:22 in the King James Version says “After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.” — study this verse from Job chapter 29 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.”
Job 29:22 · KJV
My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand. fresh: Heb. new renewed: Heb. changed
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.
And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“After”
H310properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
“my words”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“they spake not again”
H8138to fold, i.e., duplicate (literally or figuratively); by implication, to transmute (transitive or intransitive)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“dropped”
H5197to ooze, i.e., distil gradually; by implication, to fall in drops; figuratively, to speak by inspiration
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