Job 29:24 · KJV
“{If} I laughed on them, they believed {it} not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.”
— Job 29:24
And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide {as} for the latter rain.
I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one {that} comforteth the mourners.
Job 29 — Context
After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
23And 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; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
25I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one {that} comforteth the mourners.
Cross References
Psalms 126:1
[A Song of degrees.] When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream. {turned...: Heb. returned the returning}
Psalms 89:15
Blessed {is} the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.
Psalms 4:6
{There be} many that say, Who will shew us {any} good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
Genesis 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. {Jacob's: Heb. his}
Luke 24:41
And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here any meat?