22 After I had spoken, they spoke no more;
    my words fell gently on their ears.
23 They waited for me as for showers
    and drank in my words as the spring rain.
24 When I smiled at them, they scarcely believed it;
    the light of my face was precious to them.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Job 29:24 The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.