Job 29:23 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

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

English ASV

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

English Amplified

And they waited for me as for the rain, and they opened their mouths wide as for the spring rain.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

And they waited for me as for the rain, and they opened their mouths wide as for the spring rain.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

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

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

They waited for me as for the rain and opened their mouths as for spring showers.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

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

English EASY 2024

They would wait for me to speak to them, like people who wait for rain to fall. My words would make them happy, like rain in spring that makes a farmer happy.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

They waited for my words as they would for rain. They drank them in like rain in the springtime.

They waited for me as for the rain, and they opened their mouths as for the spring rain.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

everyone welcomed them just as farmers welcome rain in spring.

English God's Word - GW 1995

They were as eager to hear me as they were for rain. They opened their mouths wide as if waiting for a spring shower.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

They waited for me as for the rain and opened their mouths as for spring showers.

English KJV 1611

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

English LSB

They waited for me as for the rain, And opened their mouth as for the late rain.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

They waited for me as for the rain, and they opened their mouth wide as for the spring rain.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

"They waited for me as for the rain, And opened their mouth as for the spring rain.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

They waited for me as for the rain; they drank in my words like the spring rains.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

They waited for me as people wait for the rain, and they opened their mouths as for the spring rains.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

They waited for me just as they would wait for showers. They drank my words just as they would drink the spring rain.

English NIV

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

English NKJ 1982

They waited for me as for the rain, And they opened their mouth wide as for the spring rain.

English NLT

They longed for me to speak as they longed for rain. They waited eagerly, for my words were as refreshing as the spring rain.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

They waited for me as for the rain; they opened their mouths as for the spring rain.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

They waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouths as for the spring rain.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

They longed for me to speak as those in drought-time long for rain. They waited eagerly with open mouths.

English Tyndale 1537

They waited for me, as the earth doth for the rain: and gaped upon me, as the ground doth to receive the latter shower.

Job 29:23 — Compare Translations