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Ayub 29:22
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Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
After my: Job 32:15, Job 32:16, Job 33:31-33, Isaiah 52:15, Matthew 22:46
speech: Deuteronomy 32:2, Song of Solomon 4:11, Ezekiel 20:46, Amos 7:16, Micah 2:6, *marg.
Reciprocal: Proverbs 10:21 - feed
Gill's Notes on the Bible
After my words they spake not again,.... Did not or would not make any reply to them; they did not attempt to change and alter them, to add unto them, or take from them, or in any wise to correct them, and much less to contradict them, and treat them with contempt; or "differed not", as Mr. Broughton renders it; differed not from them, but agreed to them; and differed not among themselves, but united in what Job said, as being full to the purpose, after which nothing more could be said; see Ecclesiastes 2:12;
and my speech dropped upon them; his prophecy, as Jarchi, prophesying being expressed by dropping, Amos 7:16; his doctrine dropped from his lips like the honeycomb, and was sweet, grateful, and delightful to his hearers, as the church's lips, Song of Solomon 4:11; or rather like the rain, as in
Deuteronomy 32:2, when it falls and drops gently and easily, and so penetrates and soaks into the earth, and abides and does good: in like manner, when good and sound doctrine drops upon the hearers, so as to enter into their hearts, and work effectually in them, it does them good, and they rejoice at it, and are far from having anything to say against it.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
After my words they spake not again - The highest proof which could be given of deference. So full of respect were they that they did not dare to dispute him; so sagacious and wise was his counsel that they were satisfied with it, and did not presume to suggest any other.
And my speech dropped upon them - That is, like the dew or the gentle rain. So in Deuteronomy 32:2 :
My 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.
So Homer speaks of the eloquence of Nestor,
Τοῦ καὶ ἀπὸ γλώσσης μέλιτος γλυκίων ῥέεν αὐδή.
Tou kai apo glōssēs melitos glukiōn rēn audē.
“Words sweet as honey from his lips distill’d.”
Pope
So Milton, speaking of the eloquence of Belial, says,
- Though his tongue
Dropt manna, and could make the worse appear
The better reason, to perplex and dash
Maturest counsels.
Paradise Lost, B. ii.
The comparison in the Scriptures of words of wisdom or persuasion, is sometimes derived from honey, that drops or gently falls from the comb. Thus, in Proverbs 5:3 :
For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honey-comb,
And her mouth is smoother than oil,
So in Song of Solomon 4:11 :
Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb;
Honey and milk are under thy tongue.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 29:22. My speech dropped upon them. — It descended as refreshing dew; they were encouraged, comforted, and strengthened by it.