Job 29:22

22 Na mijn woord spraken zij niet weder, en mijn rede drupte op hen.

Job 29:22 Meaning and Commentary

Job 29:22

After my words they spake not again
Did not or would not make any reply to them; they did not attempt to change and alter them, to add unto them, or take from them, or in any wise to correct them, and much less to contradict them, and treat them with contempt; or "differed not", as Mr. Broughton renders it; differed not from them, but agreed to them; and differed not among themselves, but united in what Job said, as being full to the purpose, after which nothing more could be said; see ( Ecclesiastes 2:12 ) ;

and my speech dropped upon them;
his prophecy, as Jarchi, prophesying being expressed by dropping, ( Amos 7:16 ) ; his doctrine dropped from his lips like the honeycomb, and was sweet, grateful, and delightful to his hearers, as the church's lips, ( Song of Solomon 4:11 ) ; or rather like the rain, as in ( Deuteronomy 32:2 ) , when it falls and drops gently and easily, and so penetrates and soaks into the earth, and abides and does good: in like manner, when good and sound doctrine drops upon the hearers, so as to enter into their hearts, and work effectually in them, it does them good, and they rejoice at it, and are far from having anything to say against it.

Job 29:22 In-Context

20 Mijn heerlijkheid was nieuw bij mij, en mijn boog veranderde zich in mijn hand.

21 Zij hoorden mij aan, en wachtten, en zwegen op mijn raad.

22 Na mijn woord spraken zij niet weder, en mijn rede drupte op hen.

23 Want zij wachtten naar mij, gelijk naar den regen, en sperden hun mond open, als naar den spaden regen.

24 Lachte ik hun toe, zij geloofden het niet; en het licht mijns aangezichts deden zij niet nedervallen.