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Job 29

Job 29:23 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And they waited
yachal (Hebrew #3176)
to wait; by implication, to be patient, hope
KJV usage: (cause to, have, make to) hope, be pained, stay, tarry, trust, wait.
Pronounce: yaw-chal'
Origin: a primitive root
for me as for the rain
matar (Hebrew #4306)
rain
KJV usage: rain.
Pronounce: maw-tawr'
Origin: from 4305
; and they opened
pa`ar (Hebrew #6473)
to yawn, i.e. open wide (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: gape, open (wide).
Pronounce: paw-ar'
Origin: a primitive root
their mouth
peh (Hebrew #6310)
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
KJV usage: accord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), X eat, edge, end, entry, + file, hole, X in, mind, mouth, part, portion, X (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, X spoken, talk, tenor, X to, + two-edged, wish, word.
Pronounce: peh
Origin: from 6284
wide as for the latter rain
malqowsh (Hebrew #4456)
the spring rain (compare 3954); figuratively, eloquence
KJV usage: latter rain.
Pronounce: mal-koshe'
Origin: from 3953
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Cross References

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as for the rain.
Psa. 72:6• 6He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth. (Psa. 72:6)
the latter rain.
Hos. 6:3• 3Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth. (Hos. 6:3)
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Zech. 10:1• 1Ask ye of the Lord rain in the time of the latter rain; so the Lord shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field. (Zech. 10:1)

J. N. Darby Translation

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