Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G MessageThey waited for me as they wait for rain, mouths wide open for the spring showers—
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.GThey waited for me as for rain and opened their mouths wide for the latter rains—
KJV
King James VersionAnd they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
BSB
Berean Standard BibleThey waited for me as for rain and drank in my words like spring showers.
Footnotes
מַלְקוֹשׁ (*malqosh*) is specifically the *latter rain*—the spring precipitation of March–April that fills out the grain before harvest, distinct from the early *yoreh* rains of autumn. Without the *malqosh*, the harvest fails regardless of what came before. That people opened their mouths for Job's words as they would for this final, decisive rain elevates his counsel to something life-completing, not merely pleasant. The *malqosh* also carries eschatological freight in Joel 2:23 and Zech. 10:1. FOG: 'latter rains' (agricultural precision); FOG Message: 'spring showers' (seasonal accessibility).