Job Chapter 29 verse 24 Holy Bible
I smiled on them, when they had no confidence; And the light of my countenance they cast not down.
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I was laughing at them when they had no hope, and the light of my face was never clouded by their fear.
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[If] I laughed on them, they believed [it] not; and they troubled not the serenity of my countenance.
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If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
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If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
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I smiled on them when they had no confidence. They didn't reject the light of my face.
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I laugh unto them -- they give no credence, And the light of my face cause not to fall.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 24. - If I laughed on them, they believed it not; rather, if I smiled on them. If, as a mark of favour, I smiled on any, they thought it such graciousness and condescension that they could scarcely believe it possible. And the light of my countenance they cast not down. They never put me out of countenance, or made me sad and gloomy, by opposing my views and ranging themselves against me.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(24) If I laughed on them.--That is, "They would not believe that I could be so affable to them, could so condescend to them--they looked up to me with the greatest deference."