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Job 29:21-23
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

21 ‘They listened to me, and waited,
    and kept silence for my counsel.
22 After I spoke they did not speak again,
    and my word dropped upon them like dew.[a]
23 They waited for me as for the rain;
    they opened their mouths as for the spring rain.

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  1. Job 29:22 Heb lacks like dew
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Job 29:21-23
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21 “People listened to me expectantly,
    waiting in silence for my counsel.(A)
22 After I had spoken, they spoke no more;(B)
    my words fell gently on their ears.(C)
23 They waited for me as for showers
    and drank in my words as the spring rain.(D)

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