Job 29:23

Easy To Read Version

People waited for me to speak,\par like they waited for rain.\par People drank in my words,\par as if they were rain in the spring time.\par

Cross References

Job 29:22

After I had finished speaking,\par the people listening to me\par didn’t have anything else to say.\par My words fell gently into their ears.\par

Job 29:24

I laughed with those people,\par and they couldn’t believe it.\par My smile made them feel better.\par

Psalm 119:131

Lord, I really want to study your commands.\par I am like a person breathing hard\par and waiting impatiently.\par

Psalm 72:6

Help the king be\par like rain falling on the fields,\par like showers falling on the land.\par

Psalm 81:10

I, the Lord, am your God.\par I brought you out of Egypt.\par Israel, open your mouth,\par and I will feed you.\par

Proverbs 16:15

When the king is happy, life will be better for everyone. If the king is pleased with you, then it will be like spring rain falling from a cloud.

Jeremiah 5:24

The people of Judah never say to themselves,\par ‘Let’s fear and respect the Lord our God.\par He gives us autumn and spring rains\par at just the right time.\par He makes sure that we have the harvest\par at just the right time.’\par

Hosea 6:3

Let’s learn about the Lord.\par Let’s try very hard to know the Lord.\par We know he is coming,\par like we know the dawn is coming.\par The Lord will come to us like the rain,\par like the spring rain that waters the ground.”\par

Zechariah 10:1

Pray to the Lord for rain in the springtime. The Lord will send the lightning and the rain will fall. And God will make the plants grow in each person’s field.