Catholic Public Domain Version
"If I had ever laughed at them, they would not have believed it, and the light of my face was not cast down towards the ground. "
— Job 29:24, Catholic Public Domain Version
“If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.”
“I smiled on them, when they had no confidence; And the light of my countenance they cast not down. ”
“I smiled on them when they had no confidence. They didn't reject the light of my face.”
“If I smiled at them, they hardly believed it; and they did not cause the light of my face to darken.”
“If at any time I laughed on them, they believed not, and the light of my countenance fell not on earth.”
“I was laughing at them when they had no hope, and the light of my face was never clouded by their fear.”
“If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.”
Those who heard me, expected vindication, and they listened closely in silence to my counsel.
To my words, they dared to add nothing, and my eloquence poured over them.
They waited for me as for rain, and they opened their mouth as for belated rains.
If I had ever laughed at them, they would not have believed it, and the light of my face was not cast down towards the ground.
If I wished to go to them, I sat down first, and, though I sat like a king surrounded by an army, yet I was a comforter to those who mourned.