Job 29:24
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29:24If I smiled at them, they hardly believed it;43
and they did not cause the light of my face to darken.44
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- 43 The connection of this clause with the verse is difficult. The line simply reads: “[if] I would smile at them, they would not believe.” Obviously something has to be supplied to make sense out of this. The view adopted here makes the most sense, namely, that when he smiled at people, they could hardly believe their good fortune. Other interpretations are strained, such as Kissane’s, “If I laughed at them, they believed not,” meaning, people rejected the views that Job laughed at.
- 44 The meaning, according to Gordis, is that they did nothing to provoke Job’s displeasure.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
I smiled on them when they had no confidence,
and the light of my face they did not cast down.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
When I smiled at them, they scarcely believed it;
the light of my face was precious to them.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
If I smiled at them, they couldn’t believe it;
they were thrilled at the light of my countenance.
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NLTNew Living Translation
When they were discouraged, I smiled at them.
My look of approval was precious to them.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
I smiled for them when they had no confidence in anything,
and they did not extinguish the light of my face.
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KJV 1900King James Version
If I laughed on them, they believed it not;
And the light of my countenance they cast not down.
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