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Job 29:22-24
Good News Translation

22     they had nothing to add when I had finished.
My words sank in like drops of rain;
23     everyone welcomed them
    just as farmers welcome rain in spring.
24 I smiled on them when they had lost confidence;
    my cheerful face encouraged them.

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Job 29:22-24
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22 After I had spoken, they spoke no more;(A)
    my words fell gently on their ears.(B)
23 They waited for me as for showers
    and drank in my words as the spring rain.(C)
24 When I smiled at them, they scarcely believed it;
    the light of my face(D) was precious to them.[a](E)

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  1. Job 29:24 The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.
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