23 They waited for me as for showers and drank in my words as the spring rain.
23 And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
23 They waited for me as for the rain, and they opened their mouths as for the spring rain.
23 They welcomed my counsel like spring rain, drinking it all in.
23 They waited for me as for the rain, And they opened their mouth wide as for the spring rain.
23 They longed for me to speak as people long for rain. They drank my words like a refreshing spring rain.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 29:23
Commentary on Job 29:18-25
(Read Job 29:18-25)
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 if from conceit of our own wisdom, and dependence on changeable, earthly things, it is ill grounded, and turns to sin. Every one that has the spirit of wisdom, has not the spirit of government; but Job had both. Yet he had the tenderness of a comforter. This he thought upon with pleasure, when he was himself a mourner. Our Lord Jesus is a King who hates iniquity, and upon whom the blessing of a world ready to perish comes. To Him let us give ear.