24If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and they troubled not the serenity of my countenance.


In Context

21 Unto me they listened, and waited, and kept silence for my counsel:

22 After my words they spoke not again, and my speech dropped upon them;

23 And they waited for me as for the rain, and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.

24 If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and they troubled not the serenity of my countenance.

25 I chose their way, and sat as chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth mourners.

Job 29:24 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

29:24[If] I laughed on them, they believed [it] not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

29:24When I smiled at them, they scarcely believed it; the light of my face was precious to them.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

29:24If at any time I laughed on them, they believed not, and the light of my countenance fell not on earth.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

29:24I smiled on them, when they had no confidence; And the light of my countenance they cast not down.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

29:24If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

29:24If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

29:24I smiled on them when they had no confidence. They didn't reject the light of my face.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

29:24I laugh unto them — they give no credence, And the light of my face cause not to fall.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

29:24If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.