Job 29:24

In 11 translations

BSB

If I smiled at them, they did not believe it; the light of my countenance was precious.

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

I laugh at them—they give no credence, || And do not cause the light of my face to fall.

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

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

GNV

If I laughed on them, they beleeued it not: neither did they cause the light of my countenance to fall.

JPS

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

LXXE

Were I to laugh on them, they would not believe it; and the light of my face has not failed.

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Original-language editions

WLC

אֶשְׂחַ֣ק אֲ֭לֵהֶם לֹ֣א יַאֲמִ֑ינוּ וְא֥וֹר פָּ֝נַ֗י לֹ֣א יַפִּילֽוּן׃

LXX-Br

Ἐὰν γελάσω πρὸς αὐτοὺς, οὐ μὴ πιστεύσωσι, καὶ φῶς τοῦ προσώπου μου οὐκ ἀπέπιπτεν.

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• Psalms 89:15Blessed are those who know the joyful sound, who walk, O LORD, in the light of Your presence.
• Psalms 126:1When the LORD restored the captives of Zion, we were like dreamers.
• Psalms 4:6Many ask, “Who can show us the good?” Shine the light of Your face upon us, O LORD.
• Luke 24:41While they were still in disbelief because of their joy and amazement, He asked them, “Do you have anything here to eat?”
• Genesis 45:26“Joseph is still alive,” they said, “and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt!” But Jacob was stunned, for he did not believe them.

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