Text -- Job 29:23 (NET)

29:23 They waited for me as people wait for the rain, and they opened their mouths as for the spring rains.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Job 29:23

¹ tn The phrase “people wait for” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation.

² sn The analogy is that they received his words eagerly as the dry ground opens to receive the rains.

³ tn The כּ (kaf) preposition is to be supplied by analogy with the preceding phrase. This leaves a double proposition, “as for” (but see Job 29:2).