Job 29:24 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁴ I smiled on them when they had no confidence, and the light of my countenance they did not extinguish.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁴ If I laughed on them, they believed it not; And the light of my countenance they cast not down.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁴ 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)

²⁴ I smiled on them, when they had no confidence; And the light of my countenance they cast not down.

Common English Bible

²⁴ I smiled on them; they couldn’t believe it. They never showed me disfavor.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁴ 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.

Job 29:24 Cross References

Psalm 126:1

When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dream.

Psalm 89:15

Happy are the people who know the festal shout, who walk, O Lord, in the light of your countenance;

Psalm 4:6

There are many who say, “O that we might see some good! Let the light of your face shine on us, O Lord!”

Luke 24:41

Yet for all their joy they were still disbelieving and wondering, and he said to them, “Have you anything here to eat?”

Genesis 45:26

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 29:23

They waited for me as for the rain; they opened their mouths as for the spring rain.

Job 29:25

I chose what they should do and sat as chief, and I lived like a king among his troops, like one who comforts mourners.