Job 29:22

After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them. My speech dropped upon them - It descended as refreshing dew; they were encouraged, comforted, and strengthened by it.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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Arno Geneva Study Bible

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Dropped — As the rain, which when it comes down gently upon the earth, is most acceptable and beneficial to it.

²² After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.

Related Commentaries of Job 29:22

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Job 29:22