Job 29:23
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
They waited for me as for rain and drank in my words like spring showers.

Young's Literal Translation
And they wait as [for] rain for me, And their mouth they have opened wide [As] for the latter rain.

King James Bible
And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide [as] for the latter rain.

Hebrew
They waited
וְיִֽחֲל֣וּ (wə·yi·ḥă·lū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 3176: To wait, to be patient, hope

for me as for rain
כַמָּטָ֣ר (ḵam·mā·ṭār)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4306: Rain

and drank in my words
פָּעֲר֥וּ (pā·‘ă·rū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 6473: To open wide (the mouth)

like spring showers.
לְמַלְקֽוֹשׁ׃ (lə·mal·qō·wōš)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4456: The spring rain, eloquence

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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