Job 29:24

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

If I laughed {H7832} on them, they believed {H539} it not; and the light {H216} of my countenance {H6440} they cast not down {H5307}.

When I joked with them, they couldn't believe it; and they never darkened the light on my face.

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

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

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Cross-References

  • Psalms 4:6 (4 votes)

    ¶ [There be] many that say, Who will shew us [any] good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.

  • Psalms 89:15 (4 votes)

    ¶ Blessed [is] the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.

  • Psalms 126:1 (4 votes)

    ¶ A Song of degrees. When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.

  • Luke 24:41 (3 votes)

    And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here any meat?

  • Genesis 45:26 (3 votes)

    And told him, saying, Joseph [is] yet alive, and he [is] governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob's heart fainted, for he believed them not.