John Trapp on Job 29:22

Verſe 22. After my words they ſpake not again] They replyed not, but reſted in my words, as if I had been ſome Doctor Reſolutus, or rather Irrifragubilis. The vulgar rendreth it, Verbis meis addere nihil audebant; they durſt not adde any thing to my words as holding them currant and ſufficient.

And my ſpeech dropped upon them] Viz. As dew-drops, Deut. 32.2. or as ſome Propheſie, ſaith R. Levi here. Confer, Mic 2.6. Am. 6.17. Surely as the dew refreſheth and cheriſheth the dry and fady fields; ſo do fit words the hearts of the hearers. And as the dew allayeth great heats, and moiſteneth the earth, that it may fructifie; ſo it is here. Ille regit dictis animos, & pectora [illegible: 1 word]. And laſtly,Virg. as the dew lies in a little compaſs; ſo in fewneſs of words there is oft a fulneſs of matter, &c.