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


In Context

21 They that heard me, waited for my sentence, and being attentive held their peace at my counsel.

22 To my words they durst add nothing, and my speech dropped upon them.

23 They waited for me as for rain, and they opened their mouth as for a latter shower.

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

25 If I had a mind to go to them, I sat first, and when I sat as a king, with his army standing about him, yet I was a comforter of them that mourned.

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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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

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.