Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Job 29:22
Verse Job 29:22. My speech dropped upon them.] It descended as refreshing dew; they were encouraged, comforted, and strengthened by it.
Verse Job 29:22. My speech dropped upon them.] It descended as refreshing dew; they were encouraged, comforted, and strengthened by it.
AFTER MY WORDS THEY SPAKE NOT AGAIN - The highest proof which could be given of deference. So full of respect were they that they did not dare to dispute him; so sagacious and wise was his counsel tha...
CHAPTER 29 _ 1. His past prosperity and honors (Job 29:1)_ 2. The good works he did (Job 29:11) Job 29:1. The words spoken by Job were wholesome words, showing that his mind was moving in another ch...
JOB 29. JOB'S FORMER HAPPY DAYS. Job 29:1. Job longs that he might once again live as of old under God's favour. In Job 29:4 secret means intimacy (_cf._ Psalms 25:14)....
Return to the main thought of the passage, his place among men, his brothers....
_dropped upon them_ i. e. like a refreshing, quickening rain, when they were wearied and perplexed in counsel....
MY SPEECH DROPPED UPON THEM— _My speech dropped upon them like the dew._ Houb....
c. The honor that was his (Job 29:18-25) TEXT 29:18-25 18 THEN I SAID, I SHALL DIE IN MY NEST, And I shall multiply my days as the sand: 19 My root is spread oat to the waters, And the dew lieth...
_AFTER MY WORDS THEY SPAKE NOT AGAIN; AND MY SPEECH DROPPED UPON THEM._ Not again - did not contradict me. DROPPED - effected their minds, as the genial rain does the soil on which it gently drops ...
29:22 dropped (b-11) See Amos 7:16 ....
DROPPED UPON THEM] as refreshing rain: cp. Deuteronomy 32:2....
JOB'S PAST GREATNESS AND HAPPINESS Job mournfully recalls the days of God's favour, and the prosperity and honour he once enjoyed. In this chapter we have the picture of a great and worthy chieftain...
These people were glad to hear Job. They loved him. His words seemed precious to them. Nobody would argue with Job then. They thought that his speeches were always right. But after Job suffered his g...
JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD Job _KEITH SIMONS_ Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible. This commentary has been through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 29 JOB DESCRIBES HIS LIFE B...
אַחֲרֵ֣י דְ֭בָרִי לֹ֣א יִשְׁנ֑וּ וְ֝ עָלֵ֗ימֹו...
XXIV. AS A PRINCE BEFORE THE KING Job 29:1; Job 30:1; Job 31:1 Job SPEAKS FROM the pain and desolation to which he has become inured as a pitiable second state of existence, Job looks back to the y...
THE BITTER MEMORY OF THE HAPPY PAST Job 29:1 How many thousands, looking back on the beautiful dawn of life which has become overcast, have uttered the thought of the opening words of this chapter! T...
Job now moved a step forward in his reply. He was still without a solution. That of his friends he utterly repudiated. In order to prepare the way for the utterance of a solemn oath of innocence, he f...
After my words they spake not again; and my speech (o) dropped upon them. (o) That is, was pleasant to them....
(18) В¶ Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand. (19) My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch. (20) My glory was fresh in m...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4 THROUGH 31. As to the friends of Job, they do not call for any extended remarks. They urge the doctrine that God's earthly government is a full measure and...
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...
After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them. Ver. 22. _After my words they spake not again_] They replied not, but rested in my words, as if I had been some Doctor _Resolutus...
_Unto me men gave ear_ When I spake all men gave me the greatest attention, and my word was a law to them; _and waited and kept silence_, &c. Expecting till I spake, and silently listening to my couns...
JOB SPEAKS OF HIS BENEVOLENCE AND THE HONOR ACCORDED HIM...
After my words they spake not again, his solution of the matter under consideration being final; AND MY SPEECH DROPPED UPON THEM, as the refreshing rain does upon the dry soil eager for its fructifyin...
JOB'S PAST GREATNESS In this chapter Job dwells upon the honour and dignity that had been his in the past. While he was sincere in what he said, and no doubt spoke truthfully, yet there is far too muc...
18-25 Being thus honoured and useful, Job had hoped to die in peace and honour, in a good old age. If such an expectation arise from lively faith in the providence and promise of God, it is well; but...
AFTER MY WORDS THEY SPAKE NOT AGAIN; either to confute them as false, or to add to them as lame and imperfect. DROPPED UPON THEM, to wit, as the rain, as the next verse explains it, which when it come...
Job 29:22 After H310 words H1697 again H8138 (H8799) speech H4405 settled H5197 (H8799) After my -...
CONTENTS: Job's answer continued. He rehearses the story of his life. CHARACTERS: God, Job, friends. CONCLUSION: A gracious soul delights in God's smiles, not the smiles of the world, although virtu...
Job 29:3. When _his candle shined upon my head;_ that is, when the light of his countenance shone upon me, in every form of patriarchal prosperity. This figure seems to be borrowed from the lights in...
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 29:1 Chapters Job 29:1 conclude the dialogues with Job’s reflections on his current and future state....
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 29:7 Job looks back on what he had thought the course of his life would be. He had seen it as a well-rooted tree that would continue to bear fruit, benefiting himself and others (vv. J...
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 29:21 Unlike the present, when his three friends challenge his every word, there was a time when people recognized Job’s wisdom and after he SPOKE THEY DID NOT SPEAK AGAIN....
_JOB’S RETROSPECT_ Takes a calm retrospective view of his past experience and life. Thus disproves the suspicions and accusations of his friends, and shows that his complaints were sufficiently well-g...
EXPOSITION JOB 29:1 From these deep musings upon the nature of true wisdom, and the contrast between the ingenuity and cleverness of man and the infinite knowledge of God, Job turns to another contra...
Moreover Job continued (Job 29:1) He's got a lot to say. Bildad has run out, so Job thought, "I'll just keep going on." And now it's sort of a lament of the days before all of his afflictions. Lookin...
Amos 7:16; Deuteronomy 32:2; Ezekiel 20:46; Isaiah 52:15; Job 32:15;...
Dropped — As the rain, which when it comes down gently upon the earth, is most acceptable and beneficial to it....