Verse List for JOB 29:24

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=obscure Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Iyyov (All still tentative.)

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.

OET-LV I _laughed to_them not they _believed and_the _light _of my _face _of_my not they_made _fall.

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

OEB No OEB JOB book available

WEBBE & WMBB 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]

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

LEB • I smiled for them 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.

Moff When I smiled, it encouraged them, ⇔  my cheerful gaze put heart into the hopeless;

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.

Drby [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.

SLT I shall laugh at them, they will not believe; and the light of my face they will not cast down.

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

KJB-1769 If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.

KJB-1611 If I laughed on them, they beleeued it not, and the light of my countenance they cast not downe.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps 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 countenance would they not put out.)

Gnva 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.)

Cvdl 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.)

Wycl 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.)

Luth Wenn ich sie anlachte, wurden sie nicht zu kühn darauf, und das Licht meines Angesichts machte mich nicht geringer.
(When I they/she/them anlachte, became they/she/them not to/for bold/hardy on_it, and the light(n) my faces made/did me not less/minor.)

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

UHB אֶשְׂחַ֣ק אֲ֭לֵ⁠הֶם לֹ֣א יַאֲמִ֑ינוּ וְ⁠א֥וֹר פָּ֝נַ֗⁠י לֹ֣א יַפִּילֽוּ⁠ן׃ ‡

BrLXX Ἐὰν γελάσω πρὸς αὐτοὺς, οὐ μὴ πιστεύσωσι, καὶ φῶς τοῦ προσώπου μου οὐκ ἀπέπιπτεν.

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