KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Job 29:21–24
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Job 29:21
21Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
21Unto me men gaue eare, and waited, and kept silence at my counsell.
Job 29:22
22After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
22After my words they spake not againe, & my speach dropped vpon them,
Job 29:23
23And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
23And they waited for me as for the raine, and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter raine.
Job 29:24
24If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
24 If I laughed on them, they beleeued it not, and the light of my countenance they cast not downe.
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DEFINED WORDS
Job 29:21
Bestowed, delivered, granted, or caused, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
The organ of hearing; also, the seed-bearing head of grain.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To remain in expectation or readiness; to attend or serve; as a noun, an ambush or concealed watch.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Skeat 1893
Retained, guarded, observed, or preserved.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The absence of speech or sound; holding one's peace.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
DEFINED WORDS
Job 29:22
Later than, behind, following, or in pursuit of, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Spoken or written expressions; sayings, messages, commands, promises, or accounts.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Another time; once more; back to a former place or condition; or in return.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Spoken words; discourse, language, or an address.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Let fall; distilled; laid aside; dismissed.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
DEFINED WORDS
Job 29:23
To remain in expectation or readiness; to attend or serve; as a noun, an ambush or concealed watch.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Skeat 1893
Water falling in drops from the clouds; as a verb, to fall or pour down like rain.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Made open, uncovered, unsealed, revealed, or made accessible.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The opening used for eating and speaking; also an opening, edge, command, or testimony by extension.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Opened fully or to a great extent.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Modern; lately done or past. Coming or happening after something else; opposed to former. Mentioned the last of two.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
DEFINED WORDS
Job 29:24
To express mirth, joy, or gladness by laughter; also to laugh at in mockery, scorn, or derision, as the context shows.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Credited; assented to, as true.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Visible brightness; something that gives illumination; not heavy; to kindle, illuminate, or come down upon, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
MEANING IN THIS VERSE
countenance
The face, facial appearance, or look that reveals a person's condition or disposition.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To throw, send forth, place, reckon, or discard, with the exact sense determined by context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
From a higher place or position to a lower one; below.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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From verse 21
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Open the full verse study9The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.
10The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
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Open the full verse study11Behold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your reasons, whilst ye searched out what to say.
12Yea, I attended unto you, and, behold, there was none of you that convinced Job, or that answered his words:
From verse 22
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Open the full verse study2My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:
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Open the full verse study46Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field;
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Open the full verse study15So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider.
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Open the full verse study46And no man was able to answer him a word, neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions.
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Open the full verse study11Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.
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Open the full verse study16¶ Now therefore hear thou the word of the Lord: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not thy word against the house of Isaac.
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Open the full verse study15They were amazed, they answered no more: they left off speaking.
16When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, and answered no more;)
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Open the full verse study31Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak.
32If thou hast any thing to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to justify thee.
33If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisdom.
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Open the full verse study6Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, that they shall not take shame.
From verse 23
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Open the full verse study3Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.
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Open the full verse study6He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.
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Open the full verse study1ASK ye of the Lord rain in the time of the latter rain; so the Lord shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.
From verse 24
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Open the full verse study1WHEN the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.
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Open the full verse study6There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? Lord, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
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Open the full verse study15Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy countenance.
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Open the full verse study26And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob’s heart fainted, for he believed them not.
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Open the full verse study41And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here any meat?
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