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.
Job 29:24 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 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.
And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.
When the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.
There be many that say, Who will show us any good? Lord, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy countenance.
And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here any meat?