Job 29:23

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

And they waited for me as for the rain; And they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

And they waited for me as for the rain; And they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

They waited for me as for rain and drank in my words like spring showers.

Bible in Basic English ☆

They were waiting for me as for the rain, opening their mouths wide as for the spring rains.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

As the thirsty earth expecting the rain, so they waited for my speech.

Darby Translation ☆

And they waited for me as for the rain, and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

They waited for me as for rain, and they opened their mouth as for a latter shower.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

And they wayted for me, as for the raine, and they opened their mouth as for the latter rayne.

Noyes Bible ☆

Yea, they waited for me as for the rain; They opened their mouths wide as for the latter rain.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

And they waited for me as for the rain, and they opened wide their mouth as for the latter rain.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.

King James Version ☆

And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

And they waited for me as for the rain; And they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

As the thirsty earth expecting the rain, so they waited for my speech.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

As the thirsty earth expecting the rain, so they waited for my speech.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

They waited for me as for rain and drank in my words like spring showers.

Webster Bible ☆

And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.

Revised Version ☆

And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

As the thirsty earth expecting the rain, So they waited for my speech.

World English Bible ☆

They waited for me as for the rain. Their mouths drank as with the spring rain.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

They waited for me as for the rain. Their mouths drank as with the spring rain.

World English Bible British Edition ☆

They waited for me as for the rain. Their mouths drank as with the spring rain.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

They waited for me as for the rain. Their mouths drank as with the spring rain.

World English Bible Classic ☆

They waited for me as for the rain. Their mouths drank as with the spring rain.

World English Bible Updated ☆

They waited for me as for the rain. Their mouths drank as with the spring rain.

World Messianic Bible ☆

They waited for me as for the rain. Their mouths drank as with the spring rain.

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

They waited for me as for the rain. Their mouths drank as with the spring rain.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

And they wait as [for] rain for me, And their mouth they have opened wide [As] for the latter rain.

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

And they waited for me as for the matar; and they opened their mouth wide as for the malkosh (spring, late rain).

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

وَٱنْتَظَرُونِي مِثْلَ ٱلْمَطَرِ، وَفَغَرُوا أَفْوَاهَهُمْ كَمَا لِلْمَطَرِ ٱلْمُتَأَخِّرِ.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

မိုဃ်းရေကိုငံ့လင့်သကဲ့သို့ငါ့ကိုငံ့လင့်လျက်၊ ဗနာက်ကျသော မိုဃ်းရေကို ခံချင်သကဲ့သို့၊ သူတို့သည် ပစပ်ကို ကျယ်ကျယ်ဖွင့်လျက်နေကြ၏။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

မိုဃ်းရေ ကိုငံ့လင့် သကဲ့သို့ ငါ့ ကို ငံ့လင့်လျက်၊ နောက်ကျ သော မိုဃ်းရေကို ခံချင်သကဲ့သို့ ၊ သူ တို့သည် ပစပ် ကို ကျယ်ကျယ်ဖွင့် လျက်နေကြ၏။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Nihcae mah khotui zing o baktih toengah kai to ang zing o, hnukkhuem ih khotui kazing baktiah pakha to kalen ah a angh o.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Kai ham tah khotlan bangla a lamtawn uh tih a ka loh tlankhol bangla a ang uh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Kai ham tah khotlan bangla a lamtawn uh tih a ka loh tlankhol bangla a ang uh.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

他们仰望我如仰望雨， 又张开口如切慕春雨。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

他們仰望我如仰望雨， 又張開口如切慕春雨。

World Chinese Bible ☆

他们等候我如等候雨水； 张口如渴慕春雨。

Croatian Bible ☆

Za mnom žudjeli su oni k'o za kišom, otvarali usta k'o za pljuskom ljetnim.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Nebo očekávali mne jako deště, a ústa svá otvírali jako k přívalu žádostivému.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

de bied på mig som på Regn, spærred Munden op efter Vårregn.

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

Want zij wachtten naar mij, gelijk naar den regen, en sperden hun mond open, als naar den spaden regen.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Ze verlangden naar mij als naar regen, Met open mond als naar een late bui.

Esperanto Bible ☆

Oni atendadis min kiel la pluvon, Kaj malfermadis sian buŝon, kiel por malfrua pluvo.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Et on m’attendait comme la pluie, et on ouvrait la bouche [comme] pour la pluie de la dernière saison.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Ils m'attendaient comme la pluie, et ils ouvraient leur bouche comme pour une ondée tardive.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Ils comptaient sur moi comme sur la pluie, Ils ouvraient la bouche comme pour une pluie du printemps.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Ils m'attendaient comme on attend la pluie, ils buvaient mes paroles comme la pluie du printemps.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Und sie harrten auf mich wie auf den Regen, und sperrten ihren Mund auf wie nach dem Spätregen.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Sie warteten auf mich wie auf den Regen und sperrten ihren Mund auf als nach dem Spätregen.

German Textbibel ☆

So warteten sie auf mich wie auf Regen und wie nach Spätregen sperrten sie den Mund auf.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Sie harrten auf mich, wie das Erdreich auf einen Regen, und sperrten ihren Mund auf, wie nach einem Spätregen.

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

ὥσπερ γῆ διψῶσα προσδεχομένη τὸν ὑετόν, οὕτως οὗτοι τὴν ἐμὴν λαλιάν.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Ὥσπερ γῆ διψῶσα προσδεχομένη τὸν ὑετὸν, οὕτως οὗτοι τὴν ἐμὴν λαλιάν.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Yo t'ap tann mwen pale tankou tè sèk k'ap tann lapli. Yo rete bouch louvri pou ranmase sa m'ap di.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

Kakali lakou ia'u e like me ka ua; A hamama loa lakou i ko lakou waha, no ke kuaua hope.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

וְיִֽחֲל֣וּ כַמָּטָ֣ר לִ֑י וּ֝פִיהֶ֗ם פָּעֲר֥וּ לְמַלְקֹֽושׁ׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

ויחלו כמטר לי ופיהם פערו למלקוש׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Essi mi aspettavano come la pioggia, Ed aprivano la bocca, come dietro alla pioggia della stagione della ricolta .

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

E m’aspettavan come s’aspetta la pioggia; aprivan larga la bocca come a un acquazzone di primavera.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

彼らは雨を待つように私を待ち望んだ。 春の雨を飲むように、彼らは口を開いた。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

그들이 나 바라기를 비 같이 하였으며 입을 벌리기를 늦은 비 기다리듯 하였으므로

Kosraean Bible ☆

Mwet uh ac arulana engan in eis kas luk uh Oana ke mwet ima uh engan ke ac sifil afi.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Expectabant me sicut pluviam, et os suum aperiebant quasi ad imbrem serotinum.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

و برای من مثل باران انتظار می‌کشیدند و دهان خویش را مثل باران آخرین باز می‌کردند.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

Eles esperavam por mim como pela chuva. Suas bocas bebiam como da chuva de primavera.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

Pois esperavam por mim como pela chuva, e abriam sua boca como para a chuva tardia.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Și mă așteptau ca pe ploaie; și își deschideau larg gura ca după ploaia târzie.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Мэ аштептау ка пе плоае, кэскау гура ка дупэ плоая де примэварэ.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

Ждали меня, как дождя, и, как дождю позднему, открывали уста свои.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Jer me čekahu kao dažd, i usta svoja otvarahu kao na pozni dažd.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Јер ме чекаху као дажд, и уста своја отвараху као на позни дажд.

Mashi Bible ☆

Bàkagininda nka kula balingûza enkuba ehângamire, bayashamule akanwa nk’abalingûza omurhonyi gwamâlegama.

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

Y esperábanme como á la lluvia, y abrían su boca como á la lluvia tardía.

Spanish BLL ☆

Me esperaban como quien espera la lluvia; abrían su boca como esperando el agua de primavera.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

Me esperaban como a la lluvia, y abrían su boca como a la lluvia tardía.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

Me esperaban como a la lluvia, abriendo la boca como a las lluvias de primavera.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

La esperaban como a la lluvia temprana, y abrían su boca como a la lluvia tardía.

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Revised West Version ☆

Pea naʻa nau tatali kiate au ʻo hangē ki he ʻuha: pea nau fakamanga lahi honau ngutu ʻo hangē ki he ʻuha mui.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Дожидали мене, й, як (земля) до опізненого дощу, отвирали роти свої.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Дожидали мене, й, як (земля) до опізненого дощу, отвирали роти свої.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Họ trông đợi tôi như trông đợi mưa, Hả miệng ra dường như vua tại giữa quân đội, Khác nào một kẻ an ủi những người sầu.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

וְיִֽחֲל֣וּ כַמָּטָ֣ר לִ֑י וּ֝פִיהֶ֗ם פָּעֲר֥וּ לְמַלְקֽוֹשׁ׃