Key Verse Spotlight
Job 29:22 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.”
Job 29:22
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
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.
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