Job

Job 29:23–24

²³They waited for me as for rain

and drank in my words like spring showers.

²⁴If I smiled at them, they did not believe it;

the light of my countenance was precious.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
They waited	וְיִֽחֲל֣וּ	wə·yi·ḥă·lū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural	H3176 wait
for me as for rain	כַמָּטָ֣ר	ḵam·mā·ṭār	Preposition-k, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4306 rain
and drank in my words	פָּעֲר֥וּ	pā·‘ă·rū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H6473 open wide
like spring showers	לְמַלְקֽוֹשׁ׃	lə·mal·qō·wōš	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular	H4456 latter-rain, spring-rain

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
If I smiled	אֶשְׂחַ֣ק	’eś·ḥaq	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular	H7832 laugh
at them	אֲ֭לֵהֶם	’ă·lê·hem	Preposition; third person masculine plural	H413 motion to
they did not	לֹ֣א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
believe it	יַאֲמִ֑ינוּ	ya·’ă·mî·nū	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H539 confirm, support
the light	וְא֥וֹר	wə·’ō·wr	Conjunctive waw; Noun - common singular construct	H216 light
of my countenance	פָּ֝נַ֗י	pā·nay	Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular	H6440 face, before
was precious	יַפִּילֽוּן׃	yap·pî·lūn	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural; Paragogic nun	H5307 fall, lie

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Job 29:23 Hosea 6:3 · Zechariah 10:1 · Psalm 72:6

Job 29:24 Psalm 4:6 · Psalm 89:15 · Psalm 126:1 · Luke 24:41 · Genesis 45:26

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.