Job 29:24
If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
KJV
Siquando ridebam ad eos, non credebant : et lux vultus mei non cadebat in terram.
Vulgate
ἐὰν γελάσω πρὸς αὐτούς, οὐ μὴ πιστεύσωσιν· καὶ φῶς τοῦ προσώπου μου οὐκ ἀπέπιπτεν.
LXX
I smiled on them, when they had no confidence; And the light of my countenance they cast not down.
ASV
אֶשְׂחַ֣ק אֲ֭לֵ/הֶם לֹ֣א יַאֲמִ֑ינוּ וְ/א֥וֹר פָּ֝נַ֗/י לֹ֣א יַפִּילֽוּ/ן
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
א֣וֹר
'vr
noun · 120×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
יִּפֹּ֥ל
ypl
verb · 434×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מְשַׂחֲקִ֖ים
mshchqym
verb · 35×
נֶאֱמָ֔ן
n'mn
verb · 108×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Gen 45:26 — 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.
- Luke 24:41 — And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here any meat?
- Prov 19:6 — Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.
- Ps 4:6 — There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
- Ps 89:15 — Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.
- Ps 126:1 — When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.