Job 29:24

I laugh at them—they give no credence, || And do not cause the light of my face to fall.

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

23And they wait for me as [for] rain, || And they have opened wide their mouth || [As] for the spring rain.

25I choose their way, and sit [as] head, || And I dwell as a king in a troop, || When he comforts mourners.”

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Cross References

Psalms 4:6Many are saying, “Who shows us good?” Lift on us the light of Your face, O YHWH,

Psalms 126:1A SONG OF THE ASCENTS. In YHWH’s turning back [to] the captivity of Zion, || We have been as dreamers.

Matthew Henry on Job 29:19-25

18 Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand. 19 My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch. 20 My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand. 21 Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel. 22 After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them. 23 And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain. 24 If I laughed on them, they believed it not;… Read the whole commentary →

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