And they told him, “Joseph is still alive! He is even ruler over all the land of Egypt.” He was stunned; he could not believe them.
Job 29:24 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 I smiled on them when they had no confidence, and the light of my countenance they did not extinguish. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 If I laughed on them, they believed it not; And the light of my countenance they cast not down. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I smiled on them when they had no confidence, and their depression did not cast down the light of my countenance. American Standard Version (1901) I smiled on them, when they had no confidence; And the light of my countenance they cast not down. Common English Bible I smiled on them; they couldn’t believe it. They never showed me disfavor. Catholic Public Domain Version If I had ever laughed at them, they would not have believed it, and the light of my face was not cast down towards the ground. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If at any time I laughed on them, they believed not: and the light of my countenance fell not on earth. |
And they told him, “Joseph is still alive! He is even ruler over all the land of Egypt.” He was stunned; he could not believe them.
They waited for me as for the rain; they opened their mouths as for the spring rain.
I chose what they should do and sat as chief, and I lived like a king among his troops, like one who comforts mourners.
There are many who say, “O that we might see some good! Let the light of your face shine on us, O Lord!”
Happy are the people who know the festal shout, who walk, O Lord, in the light of your countenance;
Yet for all their joy they were still disbelieving and wondering, and he said to them, “Have you anything here to eat?”