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


In Context

21 |Men listened to me, waited, and kept silence for my counsel.

22 After my words they didn't speak again. My speech fell on them.

23 They waited for me as for the rain. Their mouths drank as with the spring rain.

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

25 I chose out their way, and sat as chief. I lived as a king in the army, as one who comforts the 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 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 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.