JOB 29:24 Parallel View

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OET (OET-RV) I smiled at them even when they didn’t believe me,
 ⇔ and they didn’t cause the delight on my face to falter.

Key: yellow:verbs, red:negative.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT I smiled on them when they did not believe,
⇔ and they did not cause the light of my face to fall.

UST I helped people who felt discouraged.
⇔ I remained cheerful even as I helped them deal with difficult situations.

BSB If I smiled at them, they did not believe it;
⇔ the light of my countenance was precious.

OEB When I smiled upon them, they were strengthened;
⇔ The light of my face cheered the sorrowing.

WEB I smiled on them when they had no confidence.
⇔ They didn’t reject the light of my face.

NET If I smiled at them, they hardly believed it;
 ⇔ and they did not cause the light of my face to darken.

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

FBV When I smiled at them they could hardly believe it; my approval meant all the world to them.[fn]

29:24 Literally, “the light of my countenance they did not cast down.”

T4T When they were discouraged, I smiled at them to encourage them;
⇔ they became encouraged when they saw that I approved of them.

LEB • when they had no confidence in anything, and they did not extinguish the light of my face.

BBE I was laughing at them when they had no hope, and the light of my face was never clouded by their fear.

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

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

DRA If at any time I laughed on them, they believed not, and the light of my countenance fell not on earth.

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

DBY [If] I laughed on them, they believed [it] not; and they troubled not the serenity of my countenance.

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

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

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

BB When I laughed, they beleued it not, & the light of my countenaunce would they not put out.
(When I laughed, they believed it not, and the light of my countenaunce would they not put out.)

GNV If I laughed on them, they beleeued it not: neither did they cause the light of my countenance to fall.
(If I laughed on them, they believed it not: neither did they cause the light of my countenance to fall. )

CB When I laughed, they knew well it was not earnest: & this testimony of my coutenaunce pleased the nothinge at all.
(When I laughed, they knew well it was not earnest: and this testimony of my coutenaunce pleased the nothing at all.)

WYC If ony tyme Y leiyide to hem, thei bileueden not; and the liyt of my cheer felde not doun in to erthe.
(If any time I leiyide to them, they believed not; and the light of my cheer field not down in to earth.)

LUT Wenn ich sie anlachte, wurden sie nicht zu kühn darauf, und das Licht meines Angesichts machte mich nicht geringer.
(Wenn I they/she/them anlachte, became they/she/them not to kühn darauf, and the light meines Angesichts made me not geringer.)

CLV Siquando ridebam ad eos, non credebant: et lux vultus mei non cadebat in terram.[fn]
(Siquando ridebam to them, not/no credebant: and light vultus my/mine not/no cadebat in the_earth/land.)

29.24 Si quando ridebam ad eos non credebant. GREG. in Job., lib. 20. Hoc dicit Ecclesia ex voce capitis, etc., usque ad immoderata severitas odiosum reddat. Et lux vultus mei non cadebat. Ibid. Lux vultus beati Job, etc., usque ad Ecclesia etiam clara mysteria terrenis non prædicat.

29.24 When/But_if when ridebam to them not/no credebant. GREG. in Yob., lib. 20. Hoc dicit Ecclesia ex voce capitis, etc., usque to immoderata severitas odiosum reddat. And light vultus my/mine not/no cadebat. Ibid. Lux vultus beati Yob, etc., usque to Ecclesia also clara mysteria terrenis not/no prædicat.

BRN Were I to laugh on them, they would not believe it; and the light of my face has not failed.

BrLXX Ἐὰν γελάσω πρὸς αὐτοὺς, οὐ μὴ πιστεύσωσι, καὶ φῶς τοῦ προσώπου μου οὐκ ἀπέπιπτεν.
(Ean gelasō pros autous, ou maʸ pisteusōsi, kai fōs tou prosōpou mou ouk apepipten. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns

אֶשְׂחַ֣ק אֲ֭לֵ⁠הֶם לֹ֣א יַאֲמִ֑ינוּ

smiled on,them not had_~_confidence

The pronouns them and they refer to people who were in desperate situations and did not believe that they would get justice or receive help. Alternate translation: “I smiled on people who felt desperate and hopeless”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

אֶשְׂחַ֣ק אֲ֭לֵ⁠הֶם לֹ֣א יַאֲמִ֑ינוּ

smiled on,them not had_~_confidence

Job is describing one thing he did to encourage despondent people, he smiled on them, to mean all that he did to encourage them. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “I encouraged people who felt desperate and hopeless”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וְ⁠א֥וֹר פָּ֝נַ֗⁠י לֹ֣א יַפִּילֽוּ⁠ן

and,light face,my not extinguish,

Job is speaking as if there had been light shining from his face. He is describing a cheerful facial expression that indicated hope and a favorable disposition. Job is also using a further characteristic image for facial expressions. In this culture, people would say that someone “lifted up” his face if he made a cheerful expression but that his face “fell” if he made a gloomy expression. Job means that he did not let the situations of the people he wanted to help discourage him. Job is combining the two images and saying that they did not cause the light of his face to fall. If it would be clearer in your language, you could use a different image that has this meaning or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “and I did not let their situations discourage me”

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