Job 29:23
“And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And they waited for me as for the rain,.... The former rain, as appears by the following clause, which fell in autumn,…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
And they waited for me as for the rain - That is, as the dry and thirsty earth waits for the rain. This is a…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Job 29:18-25
That which crowned Job's prosperity was the pleasing prospect he had of the continuance of it. Though he knew, in…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921Job 29:21-25
Return to the main thought of the passage, his place among men, his brothers.