Job 29:23

29:23 They waited for me as people wait ¹  for the rain,

and they opened their mouths ² 

as for ³  the spring rains.

[29:23]  ¹ tn The phrase “people wait for” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation.

[29:23]  ² sn The analogy is that they received his words eagerly as the dry ground opens to receive the rains.

[29:23]  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).